Cossack Maxim got to the Turkish captivity. But his natural cunningness and imprudence helped him escape the guards. Moreover, he freed a beautiful captive girl and took her, dressed like a young man, with him. They went to Maxim’s native village. There the heroes will hear the news that the peasant children were kidnapped by unknown people. The young people know from their experience how hard it is to live in prison and therefore, they consider it to be their duty to save the children from unenviable destiny.