The Parthians are a warlike people who lived in ancient times on the territory of today's Turkmenistan. However, our acquaintance will not be with them, but with their distant descendant, the guy Murad, who begins service in the Soviet Army and cannot get used to the strict routine of army everyday life. But, as befits a comedy, the hero finally turns from a klutz into an exemplary warrior and, moreover, conquers the heart of the Lithuanian girl Justina.
Old man Khalnazar tells the orphan Toykuli about the kidnapped Gyulkahkas-peri, who brings joy to people. The boy decides to find Gylkahkas. The trials that befell him were shared by a girl he met named... Gyulkahkas. Only at the end of his wanderings Toykuli realized that his companion was the peri he was looking for, and only kindness and love could work miracles.