V lesach i na gorach

Set in a small town in the mid-19th century Potap Chapurin, a prosperous merchant is selling goods at a local market when he meets Maslennikov and his 20-year-old son, Yevgraf. Following a profitable deal between them, the merchants decide to celebrate and make each other's acquaintance at the local tavern. During the course of the evening, Maslennikov tells Chapurin that he is searching for a wife for his son, whereupon Chapurin offers to introduce Yevgraf to the young and beautiful Maria, daughter of fellow merchant Gavrila Zaletov. While the merchants agree terms, Yevgraf and Maria discover their parents' plans and refuse to cooperate. After all, Yevgraf has already fallen in love with a young girl whom he had rescued from a field when her cart almost overturned. What he doesn't know, however, is that the object of his affections is the very same Maria, with whom his father, having just been introduced to her as his future daughter-in-law, has fallen in love and decided to marry himself... (Star Media)