Having established himself in a new time, Pavel Smirnov decides to seize power in Novgorod. To do this, he uses the name of the brother of the current prince, who died thirteen years ago. Taking advantage of the absence of Alexander, who had gone to fight the Swedes and Livonians, with the support of the Normans and rebellious boyars, he manages to take the princely throne. Only Dmitry Gordeev and his friends can disrupt the plans of the false Fedor.