Meanwhile, Sergei, a buffoonish Russian truck driver falling asleep at the wheel, stops after a close call and attempts to awaken himself.

Gombo's drunk, horse-riding relative rides through the scene, stopping along the way to give them a movie poster for Cobra, which displays a muscular, gun-toting Sylvester Stallone.

A comedic scene unfolds as Gombo, together with his family, goes about the usual and tidy work of slaughtering and cooking a sheep, much to Sergei's horror.

Gombo's young daughter plays the accordion while Sergei takes on a distant look as he remembers fighting in the war.

Gombo's drunk, horse-riding relative rides through the hallway outside their room, stopping to peek above the door and chuckle.

Sergei, a former army bandsman, becomes drunk and convinces the band to play the song from his tattoos, "On the Hills of Manchuria," while he sings along.

The family members interact with the new objects in stereotypical ways: Gombo gives his mother bubble-wrap from the packaging, and she proceeds to pop one single bubble at a time; his daughter plays with the bell on the bicycle, and his son pops out of the box the TV arrived in.

He and his family switch between watching a news broadcast, the presidents of the US and Russia officially agreeing to peaceful interaction, and a badly sung variety show.

The scene returns to the urga, and a voiceover from Gombo's fourth son, who was conceived at this time, concludes the film.

The film is credited with sparking Czech writer Petra Hůlová's initial interest in Mongolia, leading to study, then an exchange year in Ulan Bator, and then to her first novel, Paměť mojí babičce (2002; literally "in memory of my grandmother"), in English translation published as All This Belongs to Me (2009, Northwestern University Press).