To help the starving peasants of 1918 Turkestan, the Soviet government sends a caravan with bread from Tashkent. This path is dangerous - gangs of Basmachi and White Cossacks are rampant here. The detachment commander, after a series of exhausting battles, decides to distract the gangs - and sets off on the wrong path a “false caravan” led by Commissioner Archman...
The Parthians are a warlike people who lived in ancient times on the territory of today's Turkmenistan. However, our acquaintance will not be with them, but with their distant descendant, the guy Murad, who begins service in the Soviet Army and cannot get used to the strict routine of army everyday life. But, as befits a comedy, the hero finally turns from a klutz into an exemplary warrior and, moreover, conquers the heart of the Lithuanian girl Justina.
The film covers the period from 1903 to the mid-1920s. In the center of the epic narrative is the story of the difficult love of the poor Berda and the daughter of the shepherd Uzuk, who will be freed and made happy by the revolution.
