"Tikhiy Don" - masshtabnoye epicheskoye polotno, povestvuyushcheye o donskom kazachestve v samyy protivorechivyy, perelomnyy period istorii nashey strany - krovavoy Pervoy mirovoy i bratoubiystvennoy Grazhdanskoy voyny, kogda, po slovam samogo Sholokhova, "v smertnoy drake brat idet na brata, syn - na ottsa". Chto zhe proiskhodilo v dushakh lyudey v eto smutnoye vremya, kak poluchilos', chto samyye rodnyye, blizkiye lyudi vdrug stali po raznyye storony barrikad i prevratilis' v smertel'nykh vrag ...