The gap - the grass is bitter. Tumanova A.

The formidable time on the eve of the abolition of serfdom. The young headquarters captain Nikita Zakatov never had a family. He knew neither care nor friendship, he has long been accustomed to loneliness. The young gypsy Katka flashed through his life, forever changing her, and disappeared. For many years, Nikita was looking for his gypsy, dreamed of a meeting, not noticing that his happiness and love were very close. Meanwhile, monstrous things are happening in Nikita's family estate. To the peasants there is no mercy from the tormentor-Smurikha. A terrible death awaits the village healer Ustinho. Saving a girl, Ustinin's groom decides on a desperate step.