A documentary-historical film about the role and scale of the personality of Princess Ekaterina Dashkova in the history of Russia, about the intellectual and cultural breakthrough into the enlightened circles of Europe and America, which she made in the 18th century. Writer, editor, art connoisseur, naturalist, musician, public figure and, above all, Princess E.R. Dashkova is a strong and educated woman who plays a significant and underestimated role in the history of the Russian Enlightenment.