diff --git a/core/src/lib.rs b/core/src/lib.rs
index ae9166cfd..18b23735c 100644
--- a/core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ pub mod blockchain_rpc;
 pub mod global_config;
 pub mod overlay_client;
 pub mod proto;
+pub mod sync;
diff --git a/core/src/sync/mod.rs b/core/src/sync/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3c6f52cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/sync/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use bytes::Bytes;
+use everscale_types::models::BlockId;
+use futures_util::{StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
+use tycho_storage::Storage;
+
+use crate::blockchain_rpc::BlockchainRpcClient;
+use crate::proto::blockchain::PersistentStatePart;
+
+const MAX_REQUEST_SIZE: u64 = 1 << 20;
+
+pub struct StateDownloader {
+    storage: Storage,
+    blockchain_rpc_client: BlockchainRpcClient,
+    parallel_requests: usize,
+}
+
+impl StateDownloader {
+    pub fn new(
+        storage: Storage,
+        blockchain_rpc_client: BlockchainRpcClient,
+        parallel_requests: usize,
+    ) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            storage,
+            blockchain_rpc_client,
+            parallel_requests,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn download_and_save_state(
+        &self,
+        block_id: &BlockId,
+        mc_block_id: &BlockId,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let stream =
+            futures_util::stream::iter((0..).step_by(MAX_REQUEST_SIZE as usize))
+                .map(|offset| {
+                    let blockchain_rpc_client = self.blockchain_rpc_client.clone();
+                    async move {
+                        download_part(blockchain_rpc_client, mc_block_id, block_id, offset).await
+                    }
+                })
+                .buffered(self.parallel_requests);
+
+        let state_store_op = self
+            .storage
+            .shard_state_storage()
+            .begin_store_state_raw(block_id)?;
+
+        // you can use &mut state_store_op, but we don't want to block runtime
+        let state_store_op = Arc::new(Mutex::new(state_store_op));
+
+        // not using while let because it will make polling switch between download and store futures,
+        // and we want to do all of this stuff concurrently
+        let mut stream = stream.try_filter_map(|x| {
+            let state_store_op = Arc::clone(&state_store_op);
+            async move {
+                match x {
+                    Some(bytes) => {
+                        let res = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+                            let mut state_store_op = state_store_op.lock();
+                            state_store_op.process_part(bytes)
+                        })
+                        .await
+                        .expect("tokio::task::spawn_blocking failed");
+                        res.map(Some)
+                    }
+                    None => Ok(None),
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        let mut stream = std::pin::pin!(stream);
+        while stream.next().await.is_some() {}
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+async fn download_part(
+    blockchain_rpc_client: BlockchainRpcClient,
+    mc_block_id: &BlockId,
+    block_id: &BlockId,
+    offset: u64,
+) -> anyhow::Result<Option<Bytes>> {
+    let state_part = blockchain_rpc_client
+        .get_persistent_state_part(block_id, mc_block_id, offset, MAX_REQUEST_SIZE)
+        .await?;
+
+    let data = match state_part.data() {
+        PersistentStatePart::Found { data } => data.clone(),
+        PersistentStatePart::NotFound => {
+            return Ok(None);
+        }
+    };
+
+    Ok(Some(data))
+}