In the Republic of Tuva, the main symbol of the culture of the people is throat singing ("khoomei"). But the Tuvan tradition says that only a man is allowed to perform khoomei, it is forbidden for women. Those who break the rule are predicted to have serious problems in their personal lives. Despite the ban, several women in Tuva still sing.

The story of the Cossack Yuri Bolotskov, who fought in the Great Patriotic War in two warring armies and spent time in concentration camps of two regimes, Nazi and Soviet.