What do we know about Nikola? He lives in Tavatui village, Sverdlovsk region. A heavy drinker and Jack-of-all-trades, he can set the Russian stove and make home-made vodka, he can dig a grave and mark it with a cross. He is the best mower - the villagers are "queueing" to hire him. He works, singing, from morning till night, and still he does not charge any extra copeck. He prefers helping elderly women making stoves for them, all his charges being a glass of vodka and a pan of fried potatoes. You feel sorry for Nikola - a talanted person has ruined himself with vodka... Nikola has seen the film. He semed to enjoy it. He stayed sober for a week. He repaired his accordion, fetched it to the cinema hall and performed a concert when the film was over. Everyone applauded.