In a remote Siberian village located on the Tartas River, the legend about the gold of Admiral Kolchak, allegedly hidden in the local impenetrable forests, is still alive. The former rural teacher Bobrovsky, and now the director of the local history museum, devoted most of his life to searching for the treasure. Suddenly, fate brings him together with a mysterious Old Believer who calls himself a staff captain of the White Army. Bobrovsky once again studies the documents he collected on Admiral Kolchak’s entourage and Russia’s gold reserves. Suddenly he sees his new acquaintance, an Old Believer, in a photo from the times of the Civil War...