The actions of the commanders are captured on the battle paintings of artists for the edification of descendants and in memory of past glory and greatness. But no one knows how many equally fierce battles took place before regiments and armies converged on the battlefield. Only because these feats were performed by ordinary people. Why does Olesya ride to the Sich, knowing that women are prohibited from entering there under penalty of death?.. What and where is the robber canoe of Ataman Voron taking him? How can Peter distinguish friend from enemy if in the morning he is a river thief, at lunchtime he is a Cossack, and in the evening he is a cunning smuggler? Will our contemporary help or hinder his new comrades when his time comes to choose which side to fight on?