Zinoviy Taratynskyi

The criminal chronicle of the provincial court, which is considering the case of the brutal murder of a girl. Many people find themselves involved in the case, and everyone has their own version...

The action takes place during the time of Ukrainization, at the end of the 1920s. Kharkiv employee Myna Mazaylo decides to change his ukrainian surname to the russian Mazenin, as he considers it more solid.