The series is built in the form of saga and depicts the turbulent periods of the beginning of the 20th century through the eyes of ordinary people: the First World War, the revolution, the emergence of Soviet regime. Each of the characters faced the changes in their own way through their concept of truth. However, all of them shared fundamental desire to live, love and find their own place in the new era.
Лето 1941 года. Бедный еврейский обоз движется от оккупированной фашистами Коломыи к пока ещё беззаботной Полтавщине. Красивый и статный Шимон, его горячо любимая жена Бася и их огненно-рыжие дети, зачатые в любви, найдут пристанище в украинском селе на тихом Хороле, спасутся от уготованного им всем истребления…
The Hitlerian army has merely encroached upon the territory of Ukraine, and the majority of the local people have been already ready to cave in to a new regime. The Ukrainian policemen have killed the boy. It is clear that there is no hope to expect the justice from the invaders, that’s why the killed boy’s mother declares the war on the hangsman.
