Three peasant sons, three noble young ladies — and an old estate near Moscow where the events of their lives unfold throughout the 20th century. The Angelovo estate is not just a backdrop for the action, but a "center of power" for two large families. For the Kondratyevs and Angelovs, it is associated with love, losses, betrayals, self-sacrifice, creativity, happiness. Everything that happens to the main characters, and later to their children and grandchildren, is enveloped in the mysticism of the old house, Obronevaya wasteland, and the spring in the Angelovo park. Perhaps an Angel really protects this area, having disappeared during the Civil War along with part of the family collection, but invisibly present in the fates of the heroes? The basis for the novel was the script of a multi-episode feature film.