Taiga, the threatening Ussuri River, the border… A small military town amid impenetrable forests and swamps. It lives by the Charter—order and discipline prevail there… But can people’s feelings really be made to obey rules and orders? Men’s friendship, officers’ honor—these words lose their meaning when your head spins from love and happiness and passion clouds the mind. And what about the stars on the epaulettes when the woman you love is married, and her husband is your best friend…