The action of the series "Strogovy" takes place in a pre-revolutionary remote village, lost in the Siberian forests. At the center of events is a young man named Matvey Strogov. Taras, the leader of the resistance against the tsarist regime, carries out agitation activities among the prisoners of the local prison. The underground committee urgently decides to prepare Belyaev for escape, and masses of people will launch an attack. A wave of strikes engulfs the Soviet Union. A state coup is looming.