Journalist
Varlam decides to leave his home and life as a peasant in order to be with his beloved one. To get some money, he tries himself as a street fighter and is noticed by an Englishman and an avid gambler Parker. The latter gives him a chance to become a professional soccer player in 1909 Russia. Now, Varlam has to not just break all the boundaries but to save his true love.
Siglo XIII. Rusia está fragmentada y está a punto de caer de rodillas ante el Gran Khan Batu de la Horda de Oro del yugo mongol-tártaro. Los invasores no encuentran una seria resistencia, han quemado varias ciudades y han regado con sangre la tierra rusa. Pero surge un valiente guerrero que se atreve a desafiarlos, es un joven caballero de Riazán, Yevpatiy Kolovrat, quien junto a su escuadra de valientes, está dispuesto a vengar a su amada y a su país.
