Leto 1921 goda. Strashnoe bedstvie obrushilos' na moloduyu respubliku Sovetov -- golod, oxvativshij rajony, v kotoryx prozhivala chetvert' naseleniya strany. On byl ne menee opasnym vragom, chem interventy, armii Kolchaka, Denikina. Golod grozil zaderzhat'...