An accidental shot from a ship’s gun, made by the English lieutenant Bailey Lend, prevented the capture of the Crimea by the Red Army in 1920. And now, during the reign of Brezhnev, Crimea turned into a prosperous democratic state. Russian capitalism has proven superior to Soviet socialism. The ultramodern Simferopol, stylish Theodosius, skyscrapers of international companies of Sevastopol, stunning villas of Yevpatoriya and Gurzuf, minarets and baths of Bakhchisaray, Americanized by Dzhanka and Kerch, amaze the imagination.
But among the inhabitants of the island of Crimea the idea of the party of SOS (Union of Common Fate) - a merger with the Soviet Union - is spreading. The leader of the party is the influential politician, editor of the Russian Courier newspaper Andrei Arsenievich Luchnikov. His father during the civil war fought in the ranks of the Russian army, became the leader of the nobility of the Feodosia province and now lives in his estate in Koktebel. The Union of Common Fate includes classmates of Luchnikov in the Third Simferopol Gymnasium of the Tsar-Liberator - Novosiltsev, Denikin, Chernok, Beklemishev, Nulin, Karetnikov, Sabashnikov, etc.
Andrei Luchnikov often happens in Moscow, where he has many friends and has a lover - sports commentator on the Vremya program Tatyana Lunina. His Moscow connections cause hatred among members of the Wolf Hundred, which is trying to organize an attempt on Luchnikov. But his safety is monitored by a classmate, Colonel Alexander Chernok, the commander of the Crimean special forces "Air Force".
Archers arrives in Moscow. In Sheremetyevo, he is met by Marlen Mikhailovich Kuzenkov, an employee of the Central Committee of the CPSU, who oversees the island of Crimea. From him, Luchnikov learns that the Soviet authorities are pleased with the course of reunification with the USSR, which is conducted by his newspaper and the party organized by him.
Once in Moscow, Luchnikov is hiding from the "leading" state security officers. He manages to discreetly leave Moscow with the rock band of his friend Dima Shebeko and realize his old dream: an independent trip to Russia. He admires the people he meets in the provinces. The famous border-breaker Ben-Ivan, a home-grown esoteric, helps him get out to Europe. Returning to the island of Crimea, Luchnikov decides at all costs to implement his idea of merging the island with his historical homeland.
The KGB recruits Tatyana Lunin and instructs her to spy on Luchnikov. Tatyana arrives in Yalta and, unexpectedly for herself, becomes the casual mistress of the old American millionaire Fred Baxter. After the night spent on his yacht, Tatyana was abducted by the “wolfhounds”. But the guys of Colonel Chernok release her and deliver her to Luchnikov.
Tatyana lives with Luchnikov in his luxurious apartment in a skyscraper in Simferopol. But she feels that her love for Andrei has passed. Tatiana is annoyed by his obsession with the abstract idea of Common Fate, to which he is ready to sacrifice a flowering island. She breaks with Luchnikov and leaves with millionaire Baxter in love with her.
The son of Andrei Luchnikov, Anton, will marry an American Pamela; From day to day, young are expecting a baby. At this time, the Soviet government "meets" the appeal of the Union of Common Fate and begins a military operation to annex Crimea to the USSR. People are dying, an established life is being destroyed. Dying new lover Luchnikova Christina Parsley. Rumors reach Andrei that his father also died. Archers know that he became a grandfather, but he does not know the fate of Anton and his family. He sees what his crazy idea led to.
Anton Luchnikov with his wife and newborn son Arseny escape on a boat from a captured island. The boat is led by the esoteric Ben-Ivan. Soviet pilots are ordered to destroy the boat, but when they see young people and a baby, they "naughty" the rocket to the side.
Andrei Luchnikov arrives at the Vladimir Cathedral in Khersones. Burying Christina Parsley, he sees the grave of Tatyana Lunina in the cemetery near the cathedral. The rector of the cathedral reads the Gospel, and Luchnikov asks in despair: “Why is it said that temptations are necessary for Him, but woe to those through whom the temptation will pass? How do we escape these dead ends? .. "
Behind the Cathedral of St. Vladimir over the captured island of Crimea, a festive firework takes off.
