An ordinary city boy comes with his dad to visit his grandfather in the village. There he is met by not very friendly local guys and a girl with whom he immediately falls in love. Grandfather constantly tells funny stories about his glorious military past, which open up a completely new, magical world for him, teach him the main values of life and make a real man.
Abkhazia, 1921. Alkhas, a Bolshevik underground worker, returns to his native village to strengthen Soviet power in his homeland. Aditsa, the prince's daughter, falls in love with Alkhas, but her father would like to marry her to Prince Safarbey. The prince did not accept the new power and took up arms. Safarbey's gang kills Red Army liaison Korablev...