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.

Aïdar, a young Kyrgyz man returns home from his studies in France, with a beautiful French fiancée in tow. His fiancée is warmly welcomed by the village and captivated by the beauty of the region, but he stubbornly refuses to tell his family that the two are engaged.

An ambitious professor of psychiatry, Viktor Meshchersky, conducts a dangerous psychological experiment in which, under false pretenses, he locks victims and their abusers in the basement, hiding his true goals. The subsequent investigation will reveal the real motives of the professor, and will tie together the confusing stories of all participants in the cruel experiment.

Victor aka Hammer is an MMA champion with the world title fight ahead. After running into the mobster Shark Hammer gets injured but is still determined to win. Victor doesn't know Shark will stick at nothing to make Victor lose.

在库尔恰托夫的领导下，秘密的 2 号实验室开始在莫斯科工作，其员工是来自整个欧盟的最优秀人才。库尔恰托夫说服扎米亚京让两位科学家参与该项目：大胆而自信的弗罗洛夫，他之前曾发现过自发核裂变，以及流亡哈萨克斯坦的放射化学家卡尔波娃。尽管弗罗洛夫和卡尔波娃在内务人民委员会提出了问题，但还是决定满足库尔恰托夫的要求。与此同时，苏联情报部门正在努力获取在国外项目所需的科学信息。特工叶卡捷琳娜·拉扎列娃 （Ekaterina Lazareva） 曾是一名物理学家，也是弗罗洛夫的情人，她设法将有关盟军原子计划的最重要数据转移到苏联。从现在开始，苏联需要赶上英国和美国，才能在战后世界实现核平衡。