Russia, spring of 1917. The February Revolution is already done—now come the troubled days.
Ivan Palych Petrov, a doctor returned from the war, is appointed commissioner of the district committee of the Provisional Government for medical affairs. However, the doctor will have to deal with matters that are anything but medical…
Prices are rising, money is losing value, ration cards for food have been introduced. Crime is blooming. And the village of Zarnoye doesn’t stay outside of it…
Among the prisoners released by amnesty are old acquaintances, and the doctor is forced to confront them…