The history of the mysterious relic - the unique Ural service "Golden Brother" - and the fate of Russia are intertwined so closely that they cannot be separated. The forces of Light and Darkness, the eternal Christian values of love and goodness and the wild, terrible craving for freedom are fused with this gold together. For three hundred years now, the rarity, endowed with mystical power over its owner, passes from one hand to another: the brother is alternately accepted by Catherine the Second and Emelyan Pugachev, Stalin and Goering, Soviet security officers and FSB secret agents. A long trail of mysterious events and cruel crimes, miraculous deliverances and mysterious deaths follows the brother. The future fate of the country, the path the Russian people will take - the bloody path of revolution or the road leading to revival and salvation - directly depends on who becomes its new owner.