Yekaterinburg of the 90s. A company of young poets, including the most talented — a junior researcher at the Institute of Geophysics Boris Ryzhy, wanders through the cold and dangerous streets of the city from party to party. Ironic and friendly, he can negotiate with local brothers with equal ease, drive to Moscow for the "Anti-Booker" award, fight at the stall and crash into the department.
A simple guy from Podolsk ends up in the Moscow Police Department and morally prepares for all sorts of humiliations. But the representatives of the law suddenly turn out to be exacting intellectuals…
In the center of the plot children's writer Valentin Shubin, accustomed to live in seclusion. His books about the elephant Mishka, written in his youth, enjoyed great success both at home and abroad. A series of random events causes a new surge of interest in the personality and creativity of the writer-introvert. Adults and young readers waiting for new books, but Shubin them does not want to write.
A história do 1º Batalhão da Morte formado por mulheres russas, sob o comando de Maria Bochkarova, durante a Revolução em 1917. A Revolução de Fevereiro na Rússia muda o destino da Primeira Guerra Mundial. Nas trincheiras, palco do confronto com os alemães, os bolcheviques são muito ativos com sua propaganda. Eles convocam os soldados russos para fazer a paz com o inimigo, e os oficiais não conseguem impedi-los. O exército está perto da degradação completa. Por ordem do governo provisório, a fim de “levantar a moral”, o “Batalhão da Morte” composto por mulheres foi formado sob o comando de Maria Bochkareva. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
