这部剧的故事发生在12世纪的基辅罗斯。年轻的安德烈亲王是尤里·多尔戈鲁基之子，他从度过了数年时光的拜占庭归来。他的梦想是在故乡苏兹达尔地区执掌权力，将其打造为罗斯新的繁荣中心。然而，尤里只把儿子视为自己意志的顺从执行者，于是安德烈决定反抗——宣布自己为独立的统治者。他的许多设想得以实现：从拜占庭和西欧邀请来的建筑师，在他的领地上建造了白石教堂、堡垒以及整座城市；东正教得到巩固，贸易也日益繁荣。但当他成为罗斯最强大的统治者时，也树敌无数，危险的敌人开始在他周围编织一张由背叛、阴谋与权力斗争构成的罗网。

Konstantin Inozemtsev is a ladies' man and a popular writer in the past. He continues to live in a big way, getting more and more into debt. Fate presents Kostya with a chance to restart his career by heading a fading glossy magazine. In a month, he has to release the first issue of the magazine under a new name, bring back the sweetheart of his life and prove to everyone that he is still worth something.

The film is about a generation of brave and beautiful people who did not see the destruction of the revolution and the chaos of the civil war, who dreamed of building a new life in which there would be no place for death, but only incredible love that opens the way for them to great achievements and discoveries. About exploits and glory, betrayal and loyalty of those who were heroes in heaven and on earth. About the time of immense trials that fell on their short but bright lives. About a woman who was the dream and true love of the Soviet Union.

The end of the 19th century. Ivan Khvatov is a former military man with a stern character who knows the value of human life. He works as a probation officer and is already thinking about leaving the service when his small town is shocked by the brutal murder of an entire Okhapkin family.