"Isicatshulwa" sixela imbali ye-ilya ye-IlA ye-Ilya yeminyaka engama-27 ubudala goriunov (Alexander Perov), eyeza kwinkululeko iminyaka esixhenxe yokuvalelwa. Kuyatyholwa ngokungafanelekanga ngokusasaza iziyobisi, ufumana umluku wendawo yakhe enzima kaPeter (ivan Yokovsky) kwaye ubandakanyeka emfazweni. Ngokwesiphumo sesikali kwi-ilya, ifowuni yakhe iwe, ngoncedo oluzama ngayo umntu omnye umntu. Ukongeza kwiingxaki ezilandela iGorrunov emva kwentolongo, imbali yokuziphindezela, imbali yentombazana uPeter Nina (uChristina Asmus).
Umbhali we-roman Dmimukhovsky egqalizekile kwinto yokuba umphathi weTrailer womfanekiso uphume ngexesha lokuxoxwa kwentatheli ivan Gounov, otyholwa ngokusasaza iziyobisi. "Ndifuna ukubhala inoveli malunga nokwenzekayo. Malunga nento enokwenzeka kuyo nganye. Ngokumangalisayo, njengebali lentatheli ivan Gounov belifana nembali yeqhawe lencwadi yam "Itekisi" ilya gorinov. Ngapha koko, kukho kuphela i-nextional nengacacanga- inokwenzeka -ukufaniselwano yamagama, kwaye ezinye izibalo, "watsho umbhali.