During WW-I Odette gets to know that her husband André has fallen. Her littler son never saw him. He tries to recapitulate his last hours.

A story about an armored train, number 56, and its actions during WWII.

At the beginning of the XVII century, events take place preceding the liberation struggle led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky. A young boy Pavlo Pokhylenko leaves his native Kaniv to join the Zaporizhian Sich (camp and cossack army) to fight for freedom and the Orthodox faith.

The Black Council gives a vivid picture of the different levels of society in seventeenth-century Ukraine. The main theme is the need for people to be motivated by high ideals as they engage in the struggle of truth with injustice.

1930. A prominent figure of the Communist Party, the oppositionist Dmytro Karamazov, with his wife and a friend come to rest in a small provincial town on the banks of the Dnipro. Picturesque nature, neat houses with gardens - nothing portends trouble... Two beauties also come here, but not to rest. They should fulfill the plan of elimination of Karamazov.

David Motuzka, demobilized Red Army soldier, returns to his native village, hoping to see the changes caused by the revolutionary events. But he cannot see no improvement. The village is ruled by the kulaks and David's childhood friend Kornii Matiukha helps them.

About a little orphan shoemaker Artemka, who falls in love with the circus. The action takes place in pre-revolutionary Russian Empire.

Combine harvester operator Vasyl Bylan decides to leave for the Volga region for the harvest right after his wedding. There he receives a commemorative gift for his labor. He wants to return to his wife, but the guys call him to the Altai - snow has fallen there and the grain is perishing. He helps harvest the grain and it becomes clear that without him everyone would drag it off to their personal barns...

The new reality changes the usual life in the village of Babylon. Attempts to communize the small town are met with resistance from the rich people living in the town. The Red Army finally puts down the resistance. Amidst the resistance philosopher Fabian returns to Babylon and tries to prevent bloodshed, but he meets a tragic fate.