The novel tells the story of the life of a student at the Faculty of World Domination of Moscow State University in 2003-08. The main character is an intelligent Moscow youth from a bourgeois Jewish family, who with genuine curiosity discovers the world hiding behind the façade of the capital's Caucasian diaspora community and learning the various facets of its diverse ethos. Over the 5 years of his training, the hero goes through various stages of understanding the culture, morals, motivations and feelings of his new friends, takes part in their adventures and escapades. Contains obscene language.