Vahan Badalyan

A schoolboy, Karo, gets involved into the struggle between Communists and Dashnaks during the establishment of a Soviet regime in Armenia.

During a WWII a duel starts between Soviet war ship and Nazi submarine.

The plot is based on the struggle of red partisan-fishermen for the establishment of Soviet order in Armenia.

A detachment of Bolsheviks impedes the progress of a punitive detachment through the gorge and prevents it from suppressing a revolt.