The heroes of the TV series "The Heirs" are best friends from their youth, ordinary guys from the Soviet 80s. By twist of fate, they both fall in love with the same girl - the beautiful fellow student Antonina. She chooses one of the suitors to marry, but secretly holds love for the other. In the turbulent 90s, the friends become oligarchs, but in the end, one amasses a huge fortune while the other ends up behind bars. When Tonya becomes a widow, her two daughters begin to divide the inheritance, only to unexpectedly discover that they have different fathers.