A film about the life and work of the Kazakh akyn Turmagambet Iztletsov, translator of Firdousi's poem "Shah-name", repressed in the 1930s. Book "Shah-name". Miniatures. Landscapes of Kazakhstan. Ruins of an old fortress. Newsreel footage: views of Kazakhstan, a boy on horseback, Kazakhs at the yurt. Monuments of history and architecture of Bukhara. Newsreel footage (without specifying the location of the shooting): construction of the canal; people are digging a trench, loading the forest. T. Iztletsov's son - Abdaraup tells from his father (synchronously and behind the scenes).