In een bewerking van Michail Lermontov's klassieke negentiende eeuwse Russische roman 'Een Held van Onze Tijd' vecht soldaat Petsjorin met liefde en lot in de Kaukasus.

After the death of Bela, Pechorin was unwell for a long time, and then left the fortress and Maxim Maximych and left for Georgia. Since then, the headquarters captain had no news of his friend, often recalled and carefully carried his diaries in his wanderings. Five years have passed... Once at a post station near Vladikavkaz, Maxim Maximych with delight learns that Grigory Pechorin also came here. The long-awaited meeting brings an unbearable pain and bitterness of disappointment to the old warrior. In his hearts, he mercilessly parted with the travel notes of the ensign. And his random companion finds on the yellowed pages the story of the soul of an amazing, extraordinary person who brings misfortune to others all his life.

Загадка «героя лермонтовского времени» впервые предстает перед нами, как правило, в школьные годы и легко решается в обычном трехстраничном сочинении. С течением времени, однако, загадка эта становится все интереснее и сложнее.