Michael Strogoff (John Phillip Law) is the courier to the Czar who is helped by Nadia (Mimsey Farmer) to repel Tartar barbarians led by Feofar Khan (Kurt Meisel) from raping and pillaging in the steppes of Siberia. Ivan (Hiram Keller) is the Tartar sympathizer and activist who conspires against the Czar and his minions. Several expansive battle scenes employ the beautiful Bulgarian countryside to re-enact the clash between the rival factions.