The wealthy bully Troekurov, in a moment of a petty quarrel, ruined his neighbor Dubrovsky. The old man couldn’t bear the blow and died. His son decided to take revenge; the clever and brave Vladimir was doomed to succeed—yet Troekurov had a beautiful daughter… This is not a pretty love story, not a depiction of justice triumphing, not a fairy tale about good defeating evil. It is a sad and truthful story about Russia and Russians.