1911, A graduate of the Institute of Noble Maidens, Sasha Meshcherskaya returns to a small provincial town. The well-being of her family is based on her relationship with her loving uncle, the owner of the arms factory Nikolai Shumilov. Sashenka's parents: Prince Ivan Sergeevich Meshchersky and Maria Ilyinichna dream of their daughter's early marriage, and she herself dreams of a brilliant career as an architect. Wanting to please her parents, Sasha makes new acquaintances and instantly plunges into a whirlpool of intrigue, where political interests are at stake above personal passions. Cold-blooded murders and blackmail, intricacies of conspiracies, daring provocateurs eluding detection - all this captivates the enthusiastic schoolgirl, who experiences mortal melancholy from the paucity of life prospects. Without noticing it, Sasha becomes an ideal target for terrorist hypnosis.
Sasha Meshcherskaya
Arkady
Porfiry Obukhov
Irina
Varya
Nikolay Shumilov
Kirill Nevelsky
Maria Ilyinichna
Kate
housemaid Ksenia
Ivan Sergeevich Meshchersky
Assistant governor
governor Nevelsky
Photographer
Flower girl
Woman washing a child
Kolenka
Nevelsky's friend
Gavrilych
Prisoner
Boris Ruzhitsky
Criminal
Danilych
Factory worker
Gendarme
Gravedigger
Police officer
Police officer
Prokhor Sitnikov
Spectator in the courtroom
Urban intellectual