COLLECTION · Series · 2018

Контрибуция

Original title

The events of "Contribution" unfold in Perm in 1918. The Central Siberian White Guard Corps, commanded by the young General Anatoly Nikolayevich Pepelyayev, seizes the city. The army is exhausted, short on ammunition, uniforms, and provisions. The general summons Perm merchants to raise money for the army's needs. The wealthy widow Chagina brings a valuable diamond as a contribution. The next day, the diamond mysteriously disappears. A "Red" investigator, Andrei Murzin, who has been sentenced to death, is brought in to search for it; he must find the diamond in exchange for a pardon.