The events of 1917 ruined the fates of many officers of the tsarist army. Some died, some went abroad. Staff Captain Ivan Golenishchev-Kutuzov managed to settle into his new life. He changed his last name, entered the service as a traveling salesman, and lived in prosperity. But it was not his work that kept him afloat, but his daring and bloody business. The newly-minted Zhigan put together a gang of street children, began to rob and kill - to take revenge on the Soviet regime. But the GPU is no joke, especially for those who, like Ivan, made their fatal choice...