The film tells about the everyday life of a family of Orthodox nomadic reindeer herders in the Polar Urals. In the center of attention is the Nenets Gosha Nogo, who became the owner of a large camp. Nyarma is an additional runner for a sled, like skis, so that the runners do not wear out and you can ride on stones. Part 1: View of the river in the valley of the mountains. Internal view of the plague. The meat is fried on a stove-stove. A middle-aged woman - Pavel, in an orange dress and a scarf over a kokoshnik, prepares food, cuts a deer's head with a knife. Reindeer meat is hung on tripods outside. In the distance, deer graze in the fog. Dogs near the chum bark, bite each other. Reindeer breeder Gosha Nogo in a cloth malitsa climbs the mountain, breathing heavily. Gosha says that he climbs the mountain and descends from it several times, overtaking a herd of deer in parts (sync.). The snow-covered slopes of the mountains, along which the shadows of the clouds run, a strip of light glides. Gosha looks through binoculars, calls the dogs, walks against the background of the mountains, crosses a mountain stream. A dog on three legs runs after Gosha. In the chum, a girl in a red dress - Lena sews, Pavel cuts fabric, a 3-year-old girl Yana fiddles with patterns, plays with a bar of soap. In the plague, dogs eat from bowls. Lena, with an aluminum bowl in her hands, is calling for a tame deer named Crow. Fawn are spinning next to Lena. The deer runs up to Lena, eats from a bowl. A herd of deer in the snowy mountains. Deer look at Gosha. A herd of deer is going down the mountainside. View of the camp. View of the lake against the background of mountains. A herd of deer is approaching the plague. Part 2. A deer named Crow goes to the plague. At the chum Gosha talks about the future of reindeer husbandry in the Polar Urals (sinhr.) Resting reindeer. Against the backdrop of the mountains, along which streaks of sunlight float, a herd of reindeer circles, accompanied by the cries of reindeer herders. Yana is sitting in a cargo sled, looking at the deer. Two deer are fighting, antlers are linked. Gosha is holding a lassoed deer; Paul helps him. Lena holds the taut lasso. Gosha, along with Pala and Lena, drags a reluctant deer into the corral. The deer run, stop, breathing heavily from fatigue. Gosha with a lasso runs after rushing deer, throws a lasso. The deer, roped by its hind legs, falls to the ground, Lena ties the ropes around its neck. Deer in the corral. A deer's face with a broken bleeding horn. A herd of deer is circling against the background of the mountains in the evening. Gosha will count the deer. A tied deer flounders on the ground. Gosha and reindeer breeder Sasha Taishin are resting on a hillock, talking about the number of reindeer in the herd (sync.) The female deer lies on the ground, there are two males around it. Gosha scolds the males, shouts something in Zyryanskiy (sinhr.). Gosha makes and nails a larch podpodaznik - nyarmu, to the sled runner, tells how much he does nyarm (sync.). Gosha, Pavel and Lena are crossing a swampy stream on their reindeer sleds. Creepers scrape along a rocky stream. Deer with effort pull the sleds out of the stream. The deer caravan stops. Part 3: Gosha pulls a stuck sled out of the stream, Lena helps him. Gosha is making a new front end of the sled out of a stick. Gosha is driving a deer train. Deer, one of them white, pulling sledges. The runners scrape the rocky ground. Gosha's family sets up the chum in the evening. Gosha cleans the ice from the sled runner with an ax. Reindeer breeders Pavel and Vanya planing sledges from ice, talking (sinhr.). Gosha drives the herd into a corral. Gosha catches a deer in the corral (rapid). Deer antlers in a golden pair from breath. Vanya saws off the antlers of a riding deer. The muzzle of a deer, which Vanya saws off the antlers. Vanya harnesses the reindeer to the sleds. The left harness deer lies on the ground. Reindeer breeder Gavrila says that he never hits deer (sinhr.). Deer in the camp against the background of the mountains. Pavel in a traditional dress cuts pieces of a deerskin hung on a tripod with a knife. Top of the plague; smoke rises from the chimney; there is slanting snow. Icons in the plague. There are kerosene lamps in front of the altar. Lena is stirring lingonberry jam in a bowl. Meat is fried in a pan. In the snow-covered camp near the chum there are tame deer and two dogs; snow is blowing. Fawns lie in the snow. Men and women in traditional clothes under the snow are walking towards the plague. A man with a cradle in his hands enters the chum. Gosha in the tent speaks on a mobile phone, accepts congratulations on his birthday. A girl in a traditional Khanty dress shakes a cradle. Lena puts the kettle on. There is a feast in the plague; Gosha and Sasha Taishin talking (sinhr.) Part 4. Lena is shifting pasta with a fork. Gosha and Sasha Taishin for a conversation (sinhr.). Sasha makes a toast (sinhr.). Gavrila, Pavel with Yana in his arms are listening. A Khanty girl with a child in her arms takes a sip from a saucer, then gives a drink to the child. Deer are resting in the winter pasture. Gosha and Vasily Noga talk about the difficult life of a reindeer breeder (sinhr.). Hooves, muzzle of a harness deer. Snow cover on the lake. Lonely standing larch. Snow falls. Pavel, standing, drives his team. Two deer run away to the tundra. Yana peeps out of the women's sled. Pavel is unharnessing the reindeer. Yana slips and falls on her back near the chum. Vanya picks it up. The men and Paul set up the chum in the evening. A large moon rises over the tundra. Gosha repairs a snowmobile. There is a reindeer team. A tied deer twitches in the snow. Gosha starts the snowmobile, drives off into the distance. Portrait of Gosha.