Autumn 1938. Igor and Margarita Petrovs spend their holidays in a small resort town. Both are happy, both love each other. But suddenly Igor announces that he has to go to the unit for a few weeks.
One fateful day, Igor Petrov, the commander of a Red Army unit, is compelled to exchange ID papers with a thief known as Ash. The incident leads both men to start completely new lives. Within ten years, one will achieve acts of bravery, while the other becomes a violent outlaw leader.—Canon y mus