An anthology of six stories dedicated to key punk rock bands from the Irkutsk region and the Republic of Buryatia, who shaped a distinctive musical style and contributed to the cultural landscape of Eastern Siberia. Each segment serves as an alternative film chronicle, capturing the history of the Siberian underground from the 1990s to the 2000s — and reflecting the lives of its protagonists in the present day.

Artemiy Ponomarev is an Orthodox priest of a small rural parish in the village of Razdolye, Irkutsk Region. For several years, he has successfully run his video blog, which has over 10,000 subscribers. Together with his wife, Tatyana, they sew colorful padded jackets that they sell in town and feature in their videos. By invitation of the Irkutsk Diocese, Artemiy moves to Irkutsk, where he becomes a cleric and engages in promoting the Prince Vladimir Church and youth activities: organizing youth liturgies, a strongmen festival, Christmas fairs, as well as producing blog and film content. Yet Artemiy’s family continues to live in the village, as does his soul.

The story of the choreographer Sasha Kukin from St. Petersburg. He has been teaching modern-dance for free, more than 30 years. Sasha inspired by Merce Cunningham and Paul Taylor. 30 years ago, Sasha could have moved to the USA and become a successful choreographer there. But he chose Russia. In the hope that modern dance will develop here.

A story about the inhabitants of the Buryat village of Moigoty, of which there are only six left, living for more than twenty years outside of civilization without light and electricity. Being forgotten by the authorities, they do not want to go anywhere, they are building a hotel in the hope that tourists will come to them, and they are waiting for electricity and electricity to be brought to them.

For more than thirty years the choreographer Sasha Kukin has been staging contemporary dance performances in St. Petersburg. Without any government support. Over the years, the troupe literally had to survive. Sasha talks about the difficult fate of contemporary dance in Russia, the skill of the choreographer and about his troupe.

Stories of residents of the city of Tulun who were affected by the floods in June-July 2019. Their life after the cataclysm.

An unusual family with ten children lives in a Siberian village. They do all the work and household chores together. Children grow up, and everyone has their own life ahead of them. And now, despite all the difficulties, they are together. The head of the family talks about his everyday life and how hard it is to have such a large family.