Russia in 2000. The end of the post-Soviet era. The province of Ivanovo. The Mironovich family keeps a wake: their youngest son Andrej died in the war. His older brother Anton meets Andrej's last wish: He drives his motorcycle through the city at sunrise. Meanwhile, in love with Anton Vika is raped after the disco. Her mother commits a senseless murder at home. There are no guilty parties.
mayor
A young writer brings a collection of short stories to a big Moscow publishing house. The manuscript stays at the office and mysteriously influences the lives of anyone who opens it and reads at least one page. There are four stories in the manuscript, and four readers whose lives are changed after reading them. The situations range from realistic to absurd to thrilling to create a rich portrait of life in contemporary Russia and showcase the thoughts, feelings and ambitions of people who live there.
Oleg
May, 1945... A young pilot Aleksey Kaverin stationed in Germany is going home to Russia for vacation. The problem is he needs to bring a bride. And not only to himself but to four his friends as well.
1990s. Gangster Kiev. A team of four men is assigned to deliver a girl from Prague, nicknamed "Alien", the sister of a recently arrested criminal called Babai, whose testimony could damage some important people.
La acción comienza en julio de 1941. Mientras los tanques alemanes avanzan hacía el interior de la URSS, el General Zubov es rescatado de las brutales garras del NKVD y enviado a organizar la defensa del sector de la ciudad de Mogilev, situada a orillas del Rio Dnieper, donde las fuerzas sovieticas están dispuestas a ofrecer una fuerte resistencia para impedir el avance las fuerzas invasoras hacia el interior del país. De forma paralela, la joven enfermera Zoya se verá directamente implicada en la lucha, al ser atacado el tren en que viajaba por aviones alemanes.
El agente del departamento especial "Piraña" Kirill Mazur y su colega Olga van al norte con la misión de liquidar un laboratorio de armas secretas submarinas bajo la apariencia de unas vacaciones. De repente, se encuentran en el mundo donde las leyes de la civilización se olvidan, y las mortales armas son guardadas por unos gángsters que son controlados por un nuevo "maestro de la taiga": Prohor, cuyo tiempo libre se dedica a la caza de humanos.
