Most people associate Soviet technology with simple but robust equipment for the Siberian steppe. Very few people know that Russia has been one of the world's leading high-tech nations for many decades. Hardly anyone has ever seen the "Caspian Monster", a flying ship. Or has flown with the Soviet Concorde. Who knows the Soviet Buran shuttle or still knows about the first woman in space? Russian technicians fulfilled human dreams. They served the prestige of a system that considered itself superior in science and technology. The film shows with newly discovered, fascinating shots from Russian technology archives secrets of a lost empire.