The story of five Bashkirs who have to go through two wars - the Russian-Swedish and the Patriotic War of 1812. The French called them Northern Cupids in honor of the deity of love, Cupid, because the horsemen were armed with bows and arrows. They unexpectedly attacked the enemy and just as sharply went to the rear, remaining elusive.
In 1824, Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin fell out of favor with the tsar-father and was sent into exile to the family nest in the village of Mikhailovskoye. Here, in nature, the great poet became sad: after the brilliant St. Petersburg, he was not happy about the delicious strawberries or the picturesque surroundings. The genius of Russian literature even refused to take up a pen!
