Veliky Ustyug at the beginning of the 17th century. Semyon Dezhnyov falls in love with the daughter of a rich merchant — Avdotya, but the groom is poor. The girl's father sets a condition: Dezhnyov must go to Siberia and get rich — only then will he receive consent to marry. Dezhnyov agrees and leaves for Siberia. Although he passes the test, he does not return to Avdotya. He finds a strait "from a warm sea to a cold one": from the mouth of the Kolyma he swims to the Pacific Ocean and opens the strait between the continents.
Алексей Булдаков
as Semyon Dezhnyov
Леонид Неведомский
as Mikhailo Stadukhin
Viktor Grigoryuk
as Gerasim Ankudinov
Margarita Borisova
as Abakayada
Иван Краско
as merchant Guselnikov
Olga Sirina
as Ovdotyitsa
Алег Корчыкаў
as Fedot Popov
Nikolai Gusarov
as Timoshka
Степан Емельянов
as Atamai
Геннадий Юхтин
as Kotkin
Болот Бейшеналиев
as Sakhei
