Once in an orphanage, nine-year-old Oraz finds a friend in the person of teacher Dovlat. In the hungry post-war years, Dovlat does everything to prevent children from suffering. One day, having caught the cook Izyumgul stealing, he brings trouble upon himself: in order to avoid being put on trial,...
Bai Kakabai, who fiercely hates the Soviet government, goes abroad with his family and servants. He is followed by the Nurali and Dodur brothers. The younger is in love with the owner's daughter, the elder cannot part with his beloved Akhal-Teke horse, Dik-Ayak. Having wandered through a foreign...
The main character Akmuraz is an experienced ranger of the reserve, a man in love with his work, a devoted defender of nature. He and his friends, a scientist named Batyr, a militia captain named Sultanov, and vigilantes, are actively fighting against poachers who are predationally exterminating...