Michael Strogoff Season 1 Episode 3 Episode 3 ( Air Date 1975-12-30 ) Genre History, Action & Adventure, Drama category. Overview "Captain Michael Strogoff is chosen in Moscow to be the courier of the Tsar, 5,523 km far to Irkutsk, to warn the governor about the traitor Ivan Ogareff, a former colonel, who was once demoted and exiled and now seeks revenge.".