Nikolay Fomich Ferapontov is a muralist and "classic of socialist realism", who lived a life far from sinless. However, all success has remained in the distant past, and in his old age he has to make ends meet, interrupting by random orders. Everything changes when a young art critic Myasoedov appears on his doorstep and finds paintings in the back room, in which he unexpectedly recognizes masterpieces of fine art. Not really imagining the real origin of the paintings, Nikolay Fomich calls himself their author, and from that moment the hunt for money and fame begins.

After finishing school in their native village, Tolyasha (Igor Pushkarev) and Valya take exams to enter the pedagogical institute, but both fail. They return to their Green Shores. Valya works on a poultry farm and soon becomes a famous poultry farmer, and Tolyasha works as a driver. After a series of misunderstandings, their personal relationships improve...

In 1889, mounted on a small gray horse named Serko, Dimitri leaves his garrison on the Asian borders of the Russian Empire on the banks of the Amur River. After extraordinary adventures, they both arrive in St. Petersburg, at the court of the Tsar. Having covered more than 9000 kilometers in less than 200 days, this young rider has achieved the most fantastic equestrian feat of all time.

Maria Alexandrovna, a teacher in a boarding school, is already under forty, and now she finally gets the opportunity to arrange her personal life. But the person with whom she wants to connect her life lives far away, and she will have to part with her sixth grade - the children with whom she replaced her parents. Children behave differently in this difficult situation - from altruism to inner protest and even risking their lives in order to keep their beloved teacher ...

The war caught Pavlik and his mother far from Leningrad, where they lived. Soon they found themselves in the territory occupied by the Nazis. When his mother was arrested on the traitor's denunciation, Pavlik went on foot to Leningrad. The partisan scout Savely brought the boy to his house, and two winters later Pavel, having matured, became a soldier and returned to Leningrad with a partisan supply train.