In August 1799, Russian troops under the command of A.V. Suvorov, having defeated the French in northern Italy, received an unexpected order. Instead of marching on Paris, they are ordered to go to the remote Swiss Alps, where there is a powerful and countless French army.

Galina, the daughter of the manager of the city branch of the State Bank Roman Stepanovich Kruchi, and brought up by him alone from the age of three, is marrying the furniture factory director Andrei Tur. It turns out that Andrey, having received a bank loan for the plant, cannot return it on time, since the plant produced defective products that were not accepted by the customer. Andrey is removed from work and together with Galina he leaves for a new place of work.

Unlike her sisters, Larisa Ogudolova refuses to obey her mother's wish that she marry a wealthy old man in order to collect a dowry, but falls in love with a dashing scoundrel who soon betrays her.

The young soldier Vasily Lemekhov has returned from the hospital and met a young woman Natasha in Chisinau.

The continuation of a story started by Alexander Stolper epic movie "The Alive and the Dead".

The head of the regional inspectorate of architectural and construction control, Veprev, writes a critical article to the central newspaper about shortcomings in local construction, thereby causing dissatisfaction with the regional leadership. They find an excuse to release Veprev from his post. But the intervention of one of the journalists in the case helps to restore justice.