All of Central Asia obeyed Russian weapons and only in the inaccessible Akhal-Tekin oasis are in no hurry to recognize the power of the Russian tsar. A year earlier, the expedition of General Lomakin ended in a deafening failure, and now Skobelev, who had not yet known defeats, can correct the situation. The glorified White General gathers troops on the border of the Empire in order to end the robber enclave with one blow. And among the many soldiers and officers is our contemporary, who, by the will of fate, fell into the past and is now trying to survive in a foreign world for him.