The TV series "The Expropriator" is a Russian crime action film, a prequel to the well-known TV series "Gangster Petersburg." The story takes place in the Soviet Union during the Khrushchev Thaw. Yurka, a successful and talented thief known as the Baron, robs another apartment in Leningrad and heads to Moscow to meet someone from his past. On the train, he reminisces about his childhood and youth. It turns out that his life could have turned out very differently if not for a series of historical coincidences.