By order of General Sytko, a rock ridge explodes during the construction of an important strategic facility in the desert, leading to human casualties. And now General Nesterov will have to mobilize people in the difficult conditions that have arisen and cope with the task in a short time.

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till the early 1980s. Three generations try to find the land of happiness and to give it to the people. One builds the road through taiga to the star over horizon, the second 'build communism' and the third searches for oil.

First, there was a visit by a famous writer to his old friend, who then, in order to get rid of a random witness, killed him. Envy and money. Isn't that a motive for a crime? The police opened a criminal case, and the search for the perpetrator began. It turned out that there were many witnesses. But the weapon used to kill the writer has not yet been found...

Tenth grader Olya Ryzhkova can't find understanding among the people around her.

The class teacher invited fathers about whom the children wrote essays to a parent meeting. This is how everyone found out what their son or daughter thought about him. This gave rise to an interesting and serious conversation.

At one court hearing, a witness, who is engaged in prostitution, refused to take the oath, cause she didn't consider herself as a Christian. That incident caused great excitement in the hall.

After WWII life in Soviet Russia through the eyes of a fatherless boy.

During the German occupation, Belarusian teacher Ales Moroz does not abandon his students, instilling in them a sense of determination and courage. One day, the students disobey their teacher and decide to avenge their parents. As a result of a failed attempt on the lives of Nazi henchmen, the children are taken prisoner. Unable to find support from the partisans, Ales decides to share the fate of his students and surrenders to the enemy, which after the war is considered treason. Only one of his students, Pavel Miklashevich, miraculously survives until Victory Day. Continuing his teacher's work, Pavel devotes his life to restoring the good name of Ales Moroz.

1941 year. The Siberian carpenter Kuzma Kroykov arrived in Moscow as part of a rifle company. In a line of fighters, he walked through the streets of Moscow at night and in a village near Moscow met Varvara Oknova. Resolute, tall and beautiful, she won his heart. But soon the protracted terrible battles for Moscow began...