The events are unfolding in the middle of 19th and 20th centuries, and imbued with the spirit of three generations of the Gromovs. Grandfather Daniel had made a cash by robberies and assaults. He devoted everything to his heir - his son Prokhor who has trained a good Daniel’s grandson, Multiplication of money was growing up, but the misfortune treaded on the heels of this family. Prokhor eventually has become oppressive, mad with worries he had faced and dies.