The film is based on real events. Khabarovsk Territory. The taiga. Pavel Likhovtsev, a senior huntsman and bear hunter, runs an apiary in the taiga and brings up his eldest son, Eugene, to be a real man. But with the advent of the 90s, the apiary is going bankrupt. Pavel and his family are forced to go to Khabarovsk in search of a better life.

At this time, spheres of influence are being redefined in the city — all power and all resources are being transferred to the Obshchak organized criminal group. After getting a job as a driver for Yura Krab, a former neighbor in the village and Zhenya's godfather, Pavel finds himself in the epicenter of gang violence.