A story about the adventures of young boy Kolya Novikov who runs from his home in order to get to the border where his older brother was killed.
About the emancipation of Kazakh women under Soviet rule.
In 1916, a new Russian governor is sent to the Kazakhstan steppes by the Tsar and tries to impose mandatory military service upon the native Kazakhs. A popular uprising begins against the Tsarist empire. A Kazakh hero, Amangeldy Imanov, leads the revolt and allies with the Bolsheviks against the Kazakh clans loyal to the Tsar.
