On a train bound for Moscow, Andrei Tolstoy (Oleg Menshikov), a student at the Military Academy, met Jane (Julia Ormond), a charming American woman, and they fell in love. Jane lied that she was a widow and came to Russia to visit her crazy mechanic father (Richard Harris), but in fact she was invited to deceive the trust of General Radlov (Aleksey Petrenko), the dean of the Military Academy, so that the mechanic's "Siberian Barber" logging machine could smoothly enter Siberia. But the general did not expect that he had real feelings for Jane and wanted to propose to her, and Andrei's feelings for Jane intensified. On the one hand, Jane wanted to accept Andrei's feelings, and on the other hand, she wanted to complete the task, so the incident developed to an uncontrollable point. In a performance, Andrei injured the dean because of jealousy and misunderstanding and was exiled to Siberia. Although Jane caught up with the final farewell at the train station, Andre never got to see Jane for the last time. Ten years later, Jane finally found Andre's residence in Siberia, but she couldn't escape the change of fate... Several years later, Jane returned to the United States and told her son in the military academy about this past in a letter.