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The State Counsellor (
Russian: Статский советник, the 5th grade in the
Table of Ranks of
Imperial Russia) is the sixth novel in the
Erast Fandorin series by
Boris Akunin. It is subtitled политический детектив ("political detective").
The State Counsellor was originally published in Russia in 2000. The English translation is due to be published in January 2008.
Plot
Moscow,
1891. Disguised as Fandorin, the leader of a revolutionary organization attempts to murder the governor of Moscow. Fandorin has to catch him to prove his innocence. He is assisted (or is it hindered?) in his investigations by Prince Pozharsky, a fictional descendant of
Dmitry Pozharsky, who helped bring the
Time of Troubles to an end.
Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
In 2005,
The State Counsellor was turned into a movie starring
Oleg Menshikov as Fandorin and
Nikita Mikhalkov as Prince Pozharsky. The two-hour theatrical release was then expanded into a 3 1/2 hour version which was shown on Russian television.
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