The Stoker

A shellshocked Afghanistan war hero named Ivan Skryabin Mikhail Skryabin spends his days stoking the fire in a giant coal furnace When he isnt tending the flames he keeps busy with other activities He works on a historical novel His adult daughter Sasha Aida Tumutova comes to visit Local kids come to gaze at the flames Gangsters including a former Army sergeant Aleksandr Mosin and a sniper known as Bison Yuri Matveyev drop by to add special kindling to the fire