On the 80th anniversary of the World Anti-Fascist Victory, Russian tour guide Dmitrii Dobroliubov arrives in Shanghai—not as a tourist, but as a detective of history. Fluent in Mandarin after decades in China, he peels back layers of time to reveal how this city became a sanctuary for Russian exiles fleeing war, and how their legacy still lingers in red-brick lanes and steaming bowls of borscht.