The presidents of two superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States, are expected to meet for important negotiations. However, the meeting in jeopardy due to raging of the Russian Mafia, settled in America. Mafioso Rabinovich even interfere with the conversation of top secret hotline between the presidents. So begins a comedy, in which KGB agent Fyodor Sokolov and CIA agent Mary Star expose the Artist, a head of the Mafia, feigning of various Soviet leaders.

World War II veteran Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov has become a heavy drinker with no interest in finding employment of any kind. He joins a collective farm, claiming to be the father of Natasha, a resident there, and is forced to analyze his life when he finds himself falling in love.

年轻有为的科学家舒立克·迪墨菲耶夫在家全心全力地大搞科学发明实验，并且一而再再而三三而四四而五……地将自己所住的公寓搞停电。伊万?瓦西里耶维奇同志代表广大人民群众的心声前来投诉，却被他拉入了新发明的时光机的首航实验。与此同时，梁上君子米罗斯拉维斯基在牙医家爆窃时恰好与参与“近距离首航”穿越的二人相遇，几番糊弄之下，三人共同穿越到了古代俄罗斯伊凡雷帝的宫殿之上，以为恶魔降临的沙皇陛下落荒而逃，在舒立克的追逐之下进入到现代，而伊万同志与小偷君则留在古代被卫兵追来逐去。混乱之中时光机被意外损坏，由于长相酷似沙皇，伊万同志万般不愿也唯有听从小偷同志的建议扮作“雷”帝与众人周旋……另一边，沙皇同志则呆在舒立克家，毫无疑问地制造着一连串的误会与混乱……

阿丰尼亚是个孤儿从小在农村生活，中学毕业后却被分配去技校，当上了水管工。工作让他觉得无趣，于是他酗酒、旷工，到处惹是生非。情场失意，还险些被单位开除。没有人能让他改过自新，他抛下一切，想回农村过简单纯粹的生活……