A young philologist works in his teacher's archive, and he manages to decipher Pushkin's priceless autograph. The discoverer, inspired by success, forgets about everything in the world. And the incredible happens: under mysterious circumstances, the archive disappears. Now the scientist needs to defend his good name - and not only among colleagues.

The action of the film begins in the Crimea in 1787. Representatives of the Western powers once again begin their intrigues against Russia, but the main characters, former midshipmen, who have already reached a respectable age by this time, and their adult children, stand up to defend their homeland. They have to sail to the Crimea from Malta and there take part in the war with Turkey; in particular, to take part in the battle of Kinburn under the command of Suvorov.

Ardently falling in love with the daughter of a pawnbroker, dashing hussar could not imagine to what extent the future father-in-law is greedy. But the hussar was no fool and took the same old sensualist and hunks around your finger, producing money from him.

There is a seven-year war, Russian soldiers are forced to fight for the interests of France and Austria against Prussia. The midshipmen continue to selflessly serve the Motherland. One is on an expedition, the other is at court, and the third is sent to Venice to hand over a jewelry box. In fact, there is a message in the box, on which the future fate of Europe and Russia depends!

In the second movie the Naval Cadets are guarding the princess coming from Germany to marry a Russian prince.

Three naval cadets accidentally get possession of a secret diary that was stolen from Bestuzhev, a vice-chancellor of Russia. If this diary ever gets abroad, the consequences for the country would be grave. The cadets are trying to return the papers to their owner, but there are others who want to get the papers...

叶卡婕琳娜宣誓就任俄罗斯女皇，她的情人孟什科夫因此而获得了无限的权利，在叶卡捷琳娜一世重病期间，他煸动女王改写遗嘱，让彼得一世的孙子彼得·阿里克舍维齐亲王继位。为了在女皇死后保住自己的权利，孟什科夫还在遗嘱中添上了一条：年幼的彼得二世得娶他的小女儿玛丽娅为妻。 女皇去世后不久，为了巩固自己的势力，孟什科夫为十一岁的彼得二世和自己的女儿举行了订婚典礼，并将皇帝控制在了自己的宫殿内，然而一心想做顾命大臣的孟什科夫却没等到皇帝成年后和女儿玛丽娅结婚，就突然得了重病，卧床不起。 彼得二世终于从被人钳制中摆脱出来，大臣多尔戈鲁基把他带到了皇族消暑的胜地——彼得夏宫，老奸巨滑的大臣奥斯捷尔曼伯爵企图在这里稳住皇帝，再和同党一道彻底推翻病危的孟什科夫的统治，于是他唆使彼得二世想尽办法刁难并反对孟什科夫。 然而不久以后，孟什科夫却奇迹般的康复了，为了庆祝自己的康复，孟什科夫修建了教堂。在教堂落成当天，他请来了年轻的皇帝，不料一贯听话的皇帝却给了孟什科夫一记响亮的耳光……此时的孟什科夫才明白，在他生病期间，宫廷内的政治局势已经发生了巨大的变化……

为了巩固自己的势力，特级公司爵孟什科夫为十一岁的彼得二世和自己的女儿举行了订婚典礼，并将皇帝控制在自己的宫殿内。因为孟什科夫害怕多尔戈鲁基公爵兄弟对这个小皇帝有不好的影响，特别是害怕聪明美丽的叶丽扎维塔的影响，因为彼得二世非常喜欢她。孟什科夫想做顾命大臣，直到皇帝成年和玛丽娅结婚，然而他突然得了重病，不得已立了遗嘱，向彼得二世和玛丽娅交代了最后几句话…… 彼得二世终于从被人钳制中摆脱出来，大臣伊万·多尔戈鲁基地把他带到了皇族消暑的胜地——彼得夏宫，老奸巨滑的大臣奥奥斯捷尔曼伯爵企图在这里稳住皇帝，再和同党一道彻底推翻病危的孟什科夫的统治。他们唆使彼得二世反对孟什科夫。 然而孟什科夫却奇迹般的康复了，为了庆祝自己的康复，孟什科夫修建了教堂。在教堂落成当天，孟什科夫请来了年轻的皇帝，不料一贯听话的皇帝却给了孟什科夫一记响亮的耳光…… 孟什科夫明白了，在他生病期间政治局势已经发生了剧烈的变化……

孟什科夫企图重新控制彼得二世，但是在阴谋者的策划下这位小皇帝却逃跑了。这是殊死的博斗！因为阴谋者们都非常清楚，盛怒下的孟什科夫有多么的可怕，他曾亲手砍下了叛军的脑袋。他们逼皇帝签署了几份早已准备好了的文件，然后带着皇帝藏了起来…… 这场持续了几年的阴谋以强大的当权者孟什科夫等人被流放而告终。 在白雪皑皑的大路上，满头白发的孟什科夫甩掉了身上华贵的衣裳，还回了皇家勋章和女儿的定婚戒指。在他的身后，子女们乘坐的马车在慢慢的走着，其中也有被后人称之为“破产的新娘”的玛丽娅…… 两年来，孟什科夫在别廖佐夫只做一件事，就是祈祷，请求上帝的原谅，忏悔自己的罪过。临终前，孟科夫对子女们说：“学会去死，别为尘世间的空虚悲哀……”

Russia, January 25, 1725. "Give it all...". The emperor's weakening hand was able to write in his will only these two short incomprehensible words that kept Russia in a bloody struggle for the crown for a century.