This fascinating historical story tells about the events of bygone days, about the times when Grand Duke Igor defended the Russian land from the Polovtsian invasion. 1179 An eight-year-old village boy, Vakhrushka, goes to wander around Rus' with three buffoons - his village is dying of hunger, locusts have devastated the fields, everything that was in the house has been sold and eaten, and there is no way to live until spring. By winter, the buffoons came to the court of Prince Igor, who was gathering regiments for the battle with the Polovtsians.