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Ivan Babushkin finds his calling as an agent and correspondent for the legendary revolutionary newspaper “Iskra”. He becomes an “Iskra member,” a link between the émigré center and the underground in Russia, secretly smuggling copies of the newspaper and gathering information from the localities. His activities lead to his arrest and exile to one of the harshest corners of the empire — Verkhoyansk. The series depicts his life in Siberian exile, his ongoing correspondence with comrades, and his attempts to conduct agitation even in the conditions of permafrost.