In a young anthropologist's dream, he brings a member of the imaginary mountain tribe called Tapi to Moscow, in order to save him from being eaten by other tribesmen as well as to prove the tribe's existence to academia. The main character is probably based on Yeti.
The former artist, and now the director of the Glass-Porcelain trust, Fyodor Kudrin, saw an amazing engraving at the exhibition. The meeting with its creator turned Fedor’s life upside down.
Returning to an empty apartment after work, Kurochkin remembers that today is his birthday. Pyotr Ivanovich pours wine into glasses and remembers his youth, the friends with whom he fought, his wife who could not get along with him, his daughter.