The action takes place in 18th century Russia. At the center of the events is the outstanding scientist and writer Mikhail Lomonosov. He grew up in the Arkhangelsk province, in a peasant family. But his extraordinary intellect and thirst for knowledge compelled him to leave his homeland. Secretly from his parents, Mikhail joins a fish convoy and travels to the capital, where he becomes a student at the Slavic-Greek-Latin Academy. He receives education in St. Petersburg, and then in Germany, in order to later return and make a huge contribution to the development of science in Russia.