The young teacher Lobanovich, who has just graduated from the seminary, comes to the remote Polessky village of Telshino to teach the peasant children to read and write. In the heads of seminarians persistently hammered into the idea that the Tsar-father endlessly cares about the common people, and the people respond to him sincere filial gratitude. Arriving in the village, the teacher saw a different picture. The Poleshuk people are beaten down, driven, living in mud, darkness, tightly entangled in a network of prejudices and superstitions....

Based on the story "Echelon to Germany" by Ivan Shamyakin.

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On the way to the place of detention, Kazankov, who had previously confessed to the murder, jumped out of the car and died. After learning about this, the experienced judge who conducted the case of the convict decided to return to the Kazankov case. Later, he will make sure that he hastened to pass sentence.