Gulmira Rymbayeva

1734. In the north of the Urals, in the impenetrable forests of Orthodox Russia, one of its small nationalities lives — the Voguls, who have preserved the rituals and customs of their ancestors. Like any nation, the Voguls have their own history, traditions and gods, the main one of which is the golden goddess, the patroness of the Voguls. Once upon a time, many centuries ago, she stood on the top of a mountain, and anyone could come and ask for her help.

In the vast expanses of Kalmyk, love is born between the young factory worker Naran, who came for sakman (cattle time), and the shepherd’s granddaughter Amulanga.