A lyrical story of Helena, a girl from Warsaw, and Viktor, a young man from Moscow, who meet by chance at a concert in the conservatory in the final days of 1946, just before the New Year.

Based on a satirical short story by Fyodor Dostoyevsky concerning the escapades of a Russian civil servant.

Pregnant German woman is trapped behind Russian lines. When she goes into labor, three Soviet soldiers deliver her to a field hospital: a newly graduated officer, an affable truck driver, and a soldier shell-shocked into muteness. The dangerous trip to the hospital ends up a rite of passage for all concerned.

Russian general have to find and bring back to St. Petersburg girl claiming her right to the throne...

Stories from the lives of the tenants of the Moscow's communal apartment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is Margarita Khobotov's new fiancé. All these people live in one apartment and their lives constantly touch each other's.

Stories from the lives of the tenants of the Moscow's communal apartment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is Margarita Khobotov's new fiancé. All these people live in one apartment and their lives constantly touch each other's.

Chess player Sergei Khlobnikov never set winning as his goal in the game. Emotional and averse to pragmatism, he rarely won tournaments. But eventually, his time came.

As an honorary guest, Claudia Alekseevna arrives at the opening of the branch of the Institute of Culture. She will have to visit her mother, ex-husband, teachers, forgotten friends and girlfriends in her homeland...

In a young anthropologist's dream, he brings a member of the imaginary mountain tribe called Tapi to Moscow, in order to save him from being eaten by other tribesmen as well as to prove the tribe's existence to academia. The main character is probably based on Yeti.

An omnibus of comical shorts.