Veliky Ustyug at the beginning of the 17th century. Semyon Dezhnyov falls in love with the daughter of a rich merchant — Avdotya, but the groom is poor. The girl's father sets a condition: Dezhnyov must go to Siberia and get rich — only then will he receive consent to marry. Dezhnyov agrees and leaves for Siberia. Although he passes the test, he does not return to Avdotya. He finds a strait "from a warm sea to a cold one": from the mouth of the Kolyma he swims to the Pacific Ocean and opens the strait between the continents.
as Semyon Dezhnyov
as Mikhailo Stadukhin
as Gerasim Ankudinov
as Abakayada
as merchant Guselnikov
as Ovdotyitsa
as Fedot Popov
as Timoshka
as Atamai
as Kotkin
as Sakhei
