Tobol is based on actual historical events. It is Russia during the reign of Peter I. It is a time of the empire's complex formation, bloody feuds, and external enemies' encroachments. At this time, Ivan Demarin, a young officer of Tsar Peter's new guard, is sent to Siberia, to a border town of Tobolsk, on the Tsar's assignment.
Here, Ivan meets his first love and, together with his regiment, finds himself drawn into a conspiracy of the local princes, who are hunting after the Yarkand gold. His fortress is surrounded by the hordes of wild Dzungars, and there is nowhere to expect help to come from.
The story of Rudolf Nureyev's defection to the West.
In search of a better life, provincial Artyom arrives in Moscow. The newly-minted "Muscovite" gets a job: now he is a "sober driver" - a man who delivers to the homes of those whose evening was a success. The first order and the first misunderstanding: Artem wakes up in a chic hotel room with a certain Kristina - a hunter for rich men. Not remembering the events of last night, the girl takes Artem for a millionaire. And he does not hurry to disappoint her. Of course, being a millionaire is pleasant, but it's just troublesome - it's difficult to pretend to be the master of life, but even harder - to give up the feeling that was born.