One of the characters, Khoma Kichaty, was a Cossack in the past. And now he is a sotnyk, who lives at his rich farm with his daughter Galya and the housekeeper Stekha. He dreams of a colonel mace. He is even ready to make Galya marry an old colonel for this purpose. But there is one obstacle, the old oath to the Cossack Nazar Stodolya: to promised to let him marry his daughter in consideration...
One of the characters, Khoma Kichaty, was a Cossack in the past. And now he is a sotnyk, who lives at his rich farm with his daughter Galya and the housekeeper Stekha. He dreams of a colonel mace. He is even ready to make Galya marry an old colonel for this purpose. But there is one obstacle, the old oath to the Cossack Nazar Stodolya: to promised to let him marry his daughter in consideration of the fact that Nazar saved the sotnyk's life in the battle. Nowadays, Nazar doesn't fit him, he is too poor.... Khoma develops an insidious plan to get rid of Nazar...
