diff --git a/app/controllers/telegram_bot_updates_controller.rb b/app/controllers/telegram_bot_updates_controller.rb
index 2834e10..1f343b8 100644
--- a/app/controllers/telegram_bot_updates_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/telegram_bot_updates_controller.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ class TelegramBotUpdatesController < ApplicationController
   def create
     logger.info params.inspect
 
+    handle_message params[:message] if params[:message]
+
     render status: :no_content, json: {}
   end
 
@@ -20,4 +22,19 @@ private
   def verify_telegram_bot_secret
     raise NotAuthorizedError unless params[:secret] == @telegram_bot.secret
   end
+
+  def handle_message(message)
+    handle_user message[:from] if message[:from]
+  end
+
+  def handle_user(user)
+    TelegramUser.create!(
+      remote_telegram_id: user[:id],
+      is_bot:             user[:is_bot],
+      first_name:         user[:first_name],
+      last_name:          user[:last_name],
+      username:           user[:username],
+      language_code:      user[:language_code],
+    )
+  end
 end
diff --git a/factories/telegram_users.rb b/factories/telegram_users.rb
index 1b44a38..66dc832 100644
--- a/factories/telegram_users.rb
+++ b/factories/telegram_users.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ FactoryBot.define do
     first_name { Faker::Name.first_name }
     last_name { Faker::Name.last_name }
     username { Faker::Internet.username }
-    language_code { I18n.available_locales.sample }
+    language_code { I18n.available_locales.sample.to_s }
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/requests/telegram_bot_updates/create_spec.rb b/spec/requests/telegram_bot_updates/create_spec.rb
index 430819e..13f6a9f 100644
--- a/spec/requests/telegram_bot_updates/create_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/telegram_bot_updates/create_spec.rb
@@ -40,4 +40,50 @@ RSpec.describe 'POST /telegram_bot_updates' do
       expect(response).to have_http_status :unauthorized
     end
   end
+
+  context 'when message "from" attribute is set' do
+    def make_request
+      post '/telegram_bot_updates',
+           params: { telegram_bot_id: telegram_bot.id,
+                     secret:          telegram_bot.secret,
+                     message:         { from: telegram_user_attributes } }
+    end
+
+    let :telegram_user_attributes do
+      {
+        id:            remote_telegram_id,
+        is_bot:        is_bot,
+        first_name:    first_name,
+        last_name:     last_name,
+        username:      username,
+        language_code: language_code,
+      }
+    end
+
+    let(:remote_telegram_id) { rand 1..1_000_000 }
+    let(:is_bot) { [false, true].sample }
+    let(:first_name) { Faker::Name.first_name }
+    let(:last_name) { Faker::Name.last_name }
+    let(:username) { Faker::Internet.username }
+    let(:language_code) { I18n.available_locales.sample.to_s }
+
+    specify do
+      expect { make_request }.to change(TelegramUser, :count).from(0).to(1)
+    end
+
+    context 'after request' do
+      before { make_request }
+
+      specify do
+        expect(TelegramUser.last).to have_attributes(
+          remote_telegram_id: remote_telegram_id,
+          is_bot:             is_bot,
+          first_name:         first_name,
+          last_name:          last_name,
+          username:           username,
+          language_code:      language_code,
+        )
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end