Igor Tiltikov

After Mick Nich, a 1930's Chicago gangster, sells out his own gang to the police, the Mafia hires the best hitman in town, Johnny Pollack, to follow him to Odessa, USSR. Upon arrival, Pollack loses his memory and goes on various adventures with a group of thick-headed Odessa locals who think he is a harmless butterfly collector.

A story about love. About a woman who, like any other, wants to be loved. But along her path she keeps encountering men who run away from her. And she suffers because of it. At the same time, Angelina is very impulsive and eccentric. Bella Sergeyevna—her mother—is a woman who takes great care of herself; she has a young boyfriend and leads the life of a socialite.

Dasha is thirty, disappointed in men, and wants to bring a child into the world from a very handsome guy with good genes. During the searches, Dasha meets a good fellow, a tv repair specialist. He falls in love with Dasha, but it seems that he does not fully conform to her requirements, so she goes on with her odyssey.

Sonya has no luck in the morning. She almost gets hit by Kostya's car, who also has bad luck that day. By mistake, she takes away his folder with documents and jeopardizes the signing of an important contract. The problems of young people do not end here. From Kostya leaves his fiancée, and Sonya is fired from the theater. And she is ready to give up the dream of becoming an actress. Will the heroes manage to find their happiness this year, if there is only one day left before the New Year?

Abandoned by her father long ago, and mistreated day after day by her bitter and cynical mother, young Nadya still dreams of finding true and lasting love.

The history of Bender's hunt for the underground millionaire Koreiko develops in the 1920s. Bright characters, adventurous adventures and a light veil of a bygone era in a new version of the classic work of Soviet literature.