In Vladimir Alenikov’s new book, the famous trio—Petrov, Vasechkin, and the beauty Masha—set off for Pyatigorsk on an excursion to Lermontov’s places. There, thanks to an unexpected meeting with an old acquaintance—the Strange Janitor—the friends find themselves in the nineteenth century, where they decide, at any cost, to save their beloved poet from a deadly duel. Along the way, new adventures await them—ordinary and unbelievable alike.