The second half of the 16th century, the time of Ivan the Terrible's reign. The story of Yermak Timofeyevich, whose campaign beyond the Urals served to annex the Siberian lands to the Moscow kingdom.

A group of people setting out to find a previously assumed land and upon reaching it, not knowing how to deal with the customs of the place, have to deal with all the consequences.

Radio journalist Chary Atajanov, working with materials about Karakum sheep farmers, decides to make a reportage — the material itself is interesting and relevant. Considering that it is not necessary to go to the far shepherd's kosh, Chary hurries to finish the article and limit himself only to the material that has accumulated recently. However, the director of the local state farm, Kosaev, appears on the radio and, after a brief argument, takes Atajanov to the scene of the events...

An Afghan war veteran reluctantly agrees to lead a caravan smuggling drugs and guns across the desert after his estranged son is abducted.

The story of Ermak Timofeevich, whose campaign for the Ural mountains served to annex the Siberian lands to the Moscow kingdom, in the second half of the 16th century.