Tomorrow you can
go back to your former job.
- So I'm forgiven?
- Yes.
Then sign this please.
My resignation.
I'm leaving.
- Leaving, huh?
- Yes, leaving.
l, Alexei Ustyuzhanin, prospector...
Ihave a medal...
a level-6 driller,
did grunt work for a month.
Who gained from this?
No one.
Ican haul sacks if Ihave to,
but if it's for nothing...
You want to discipline me?
- Why? The orphanage already did.
- So, you're leaving.
Yes. But don't feel offended.
It's just that...
Okay, we'll drill
at the Devil's Mane without you.
You're lying.
Idon't believe you anymore.
You don't have the guts.
You tricked me into leaving Tataria.
Sign it, please.
Oh, you do have something
to write with. Okay.
- Thanks.
- Leave, but just do it fast.
Very well.
Tofk, my dear friend.
Now get lost.
Ican tell you why you signed it.
Icrossed your path.
It's that girl, isn't it?
Oh, Tofk.
Look, you bastard.
How long have you known Tofk Rustamov?
- Did he ever cross anyone's path?
- Tofk.
Or offend anyone?
You can stay.
I've never taken anyone's leftovers.
No, Tofk.
I'm going.
So what is this?
You're leaving and I'm staying?
Why did you bring me here
in the frst place?
And what about the guys?
Hey, guys!
- He's leaving.
- This is it, guys. Last payday.
- Petrov.
- Right.
- What are you talking about?
- Peter.
Alexei, Idon't want you to leave.
Stepan!
- Alexei's leaving.
- What?
Why, Alexei?
Don't listen to him.
What are you talking about?
Alexei, maybe just one more time?
Are you kidding?
To your places.
Take your places.
Here we go.
Dance away!
Can't you stay, Alexei?
How about it?
Come on over here.
Taya!
Why are you so dressed up
and with a suitcase?
It's an early winter.
The swans are fiying south,
and so am I.
- So you're leaving?
- Yes.
I'm bored, Taya, bored.
Icame here to let out a gush of oil
like Dad wanted.
- As for holes, Ican drill them anyplace.
- Of course.
Off to Sochi, dear?
Yes, Sochi.
I've come for you. Pack up, Taya.
What are you looking at?
I'll take you with me.
That's how it is.
Go on.
- You're very kind, Alexei.
- Huh?
You're very kind.
Imight marry you.
You're nice. Ilike you.
Do you remember
what you asked me?
- What?
- Why I'd never married.
Iwaited six years for you
after the war.
You're lying.
Six years.
Then Igot a job on a ship
to try to fnd you in Sochi.
Yes.
But Salekhard is far away
from Sochi.
The opposite direction actually.
I've a confession to make.
I've never set foot in Sochi.
- Honest.
- You're kidding.
Isaw it in the movies, dreamed of it,
but never had the time.
First the orphanage,
then the war,
now oil drilling...
poking holes in the ground.
It's a long way down there.
Idon't have enough money.
- Was that true, what you said?
- What?
About waiting for me.
Yes.
Marry me.
Ican't. And you won't have me.
Yes, Iwill.
- Iwill.
- No.
I'm pregnant.
From whom?
Taya.
I'll take you the way you are
without looking.
Is this your coat?
Come on. Pack up.
- There, take your things.
- Alexei, Ican't.
- It'll be fne.
- Just a minute.
Well? Ready?
Good girl.
Pack up, Taya.
I'm not going.
I'm not going, Alexei.
Idon't want you.
- Your child won't have a father.
- You think you're the father?
No, no, Alexei, no.
Ialready have a baby,
and Idon't need anything else.
And Icertainly don't need you.
So there.
So you don't need me.
Only my country
has always needed me.
And no one else.
Your luck, dear Alexei.
Looks like you weren't born
with a silver spoon.
Okay, Taya,
God willing, I'll be okay.
Take care.
What?
You're leaving already?
You're a fool to let your chance slip.
Honey,
sweetheart,
leave quickly,
please.
Leave quickly.
- Where are you going?
- No! It's no use.
Leave!
The screw threads broke loose!
Get back!
Get back!
- Everybody alive?
- Yes.
Look at it.
Look at it gushing!
Alexei!
Alexei, dear!
Sasha!
Sasha!
Alexei!
Almost half of its