In a remote Siberian village on the Tartas River, to this day a legend about Admiral Kolchak’s gold is alive—gold allegedly hidden in these inaccessible forests. Former village teacher Bobrovskiy, now director of the local history museum, has devoted most of his life to searching for the treasure. Unexpectedly, fate brings him together with a mysterious Old Believer who calls himself a staff-captain of the White Army. Bobrovskiy once again studies the documents he has collected—ones devoted to Kolchak’s circle and Russia’s gold reserves. Suddenly, he sees in a photo from the Civil War era his new acquaintance—the Old Believer…