Laurel leaves are not consumed

1921. Lavrik Lantatov returns to Moscow and immediately gets caught up in a whirlwind of events that can and must break the Old Believers. But he needs to endure at all costs: survive the collapse of his family nest, preserve his faith and himself, save his loved ones.

At the Alekseevskaya water station, in an orphanage and museum bureau, Lantatov and his entourage face a difficult choice: to burn out, live by conscience or thoughtlessly drift along with the current.

And what can heal the burned heart of a young man in such a case? Perhaps love. Thus, Vita, his Lily of the Valley, appears in Lavr's life.

1991. Lavr Pavlovich Lantatov, who has lived for almost a century, writes a will.
What remains for him from that old, distant world? A crocodile leather reticule, a barometer by Karl Votke, a phenakistoscope with glass plates, and his father's cigarette case weighing twenty gold zlotys.