Somewhere in the Russian outback lives landowner Vorchalkina with two daughters of marriageable age, whom she wants to find a profitable home. The empress also appears there (incognito), who decides the fate of the two sisters in her own way. The play is a remake of a comedy written in 1771 by the hand of Empress Catherine II herself. The remake is quite bold: Bulychev not only changed the names of other characters, but also forced Catherine to become concerned about the marriage of the common soldier Gavrila Derzhavin, and also to arrange the fate of the incorrigible rebel Sasha Radishchev. The play is a remake of a comedy written in 1771 by the hand of Empress Catherine II herself. The remake is quite bold: Bulychev not only changed the names of other characters, but also forced Catherine to become concerned about the marriage of the common soldier Gavrila Derzhavin, and also to arrange the fate of the incorrigible rebel Sasha Radishchev.