Gennady Zaitsev is an ordinary teenager in a remote Ural village. He grew up in a large family without a father, but managed to survive the difficulties of his wartime childhood and post-war devastation, and became at the origins of the creation of the anti-terrorist unit Alpha Group.
On December 1, 1988, in the city of Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz), terrorists take 32 children, a teacher and a driver hostage. Under the leadership of Zaitsev, a complex operation is taking place, as a result of which all the hostages were freed and the terrorists were arrested.
