The film tells about the revival of the Cossacks in Russia. The shooting took place in the Don, Kuban, Siberia, in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Orenburg, in the Urals, in Moscow, Transnistria, Abkhazia. The film uses a pre-revolutionary chronicle. 4 hours - Moscow, 1992 Arena of one of the stadiums. Cossacks, a priest on horseback ride through the arena during the Cossack Unification Circle. Election of the supreme chieftain. Initiation into chieftain. 5 hours - 1992-1993 Boy with a horse. A rider on horseback enters the water, floats along the river. The herd runs across the field.