Widescreen film. 1920 Civil war in Russia. In western Ukraine, Old Man Kikot’s gang is rampant. At this time, Commissar Ivan Ostrovoy, sent by GubCheK to destroy Kikot, arrives in the village of Sukhovka to the deputy head of the district people's militia Levchenko. Having met Ostrovoy with distrust, Levchenko is forced to obey the order. Ostrovoy frees two bandits captured by Levchenko and disappears. Soon he appears in Kikot's gang, where he says that he is an envoy of Baron Wrangel.