“The meeting place cannot be changed,” a bestseller by the classics of Russian literature, the Weiner brothers, about the operatives of the Moscow Criminal Investigation Department (MUR) and their fight against criminals, does not need any special introduction. This legendary book (1975) became an event in the literary life of the country, captivating millions of readers, and the television film based on it (1979) gained the popular love of many generations of viewers. The theme of the ethical confrontation between Zheglov and Sharapov, such dissimilar partners and rivals, is still relevant today. And the eternal dream of humanity - the Age of Mercy, to which the novel is dedicated, still excites readers all over the world. The novel “Vertical Racing” (1974) was also successfully filmed. The 1982 film featured such stars of our cinema as Andrei Myagkov and Valentin Gaft. The film mainly preserves the plot outline: the story of the confrontation between investigator Stas Tikhonov and thief Lekha Dedushkin, nicknamed Baton. In the book, behind this straightforward formula, there live two far from sketchy antagonist heroes with their doubts, despair, and loneliness. Readers will also meet the famous hero from the novel “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed” - Sharapov, who has now become a lieutenant colonel of the MUR.