A diamond smuggling operation goes wrong when an ordinary Soviet citizen becomes unwittingly involved, and the criminals are forced to court him to retrieve their diamonds.

A scientist builds a time machine and accidentally sends his apartment complex manager and a petty burglar to 16th century Moscow, while Tsar Ivan the Terrible travels to 1973.

The film consists of three independent parts: “Workmate”, “Déjà vu” and “Operation Y”. The plot follows the adventures of Shurik (alternative spelling — Shourick), the naive and nerdy Soviet student…