A young officer, Ivan Demarin, is sent to the depths of Siberia. Here Ivan meets his first love and, together with his regiment, finds himself drawn into a conspiracy by local princes, who are hunting for Yarkand's gold.
On New Year's Eve, a girl wants to rob her rich mother's bank so that she stops working so hard and starts spending time with her daughter. The girl lacks parental warmth, her mother feels uncomfortable without a loved one.
