With the beginning of the revolution, the incorrigible adventurer Maxim Arturovich Pyatnitsky, Colonel Pyat, finds himself in a very difficult situation. Having miraculously escaped a shameful death and having no idea what awaits him in the future, he finds himself on board the British ship Rio Cruz, overloaded with refugees, heading to Constantinople. Hoping to find a use for his talents as an inventor, Pyat plans to travel around Europe and then settle in London. However, fate decrees otherwise, and a real whirlpool of events captures him in America, where he becomes the hero of numerous scandals. And only the next appearance of Mrs. Cornelius, the colonel’s eternal love, can now save him.