Ekaterina Markova

A story about lives of an ambulance employees and their relationships.

In a remote village in Karelia, Sergeant Vaskov commands an anti-aircraft unit that protects a rail depot. While his men are transferred to the front line, he is reprimanded for their unruly behavior. He retorts that he wants replacements that aren't drunks or womanizers. In response, he is assigned a unit made up entirely of young women, fresh from training.

Natalia Kuznetsova, a young, outwardly prosperous and successful woman artist, lives in the centre of Moscow. A plumber comes to fix a clogged sink in her bathroom, who turns out to be a man from her distant past... The meeting evokes memories of her first love: in her youth she was friends with Igor Turbin, who was from a large family, and although he had abilities and talent, he did not go to university, but went to work for the sake of his two younger brothers. She married Makarkin, a carefree and successful classmate. She, the daughter of the creative intelligentsia, was self-assured a place in the art academy and a secure career and future, and the husband should have been appropriate. But happiness did not turn out. Years later she realised that she had betrayed her love and married a complete stranger....

ΩSixteen-year-old Alexandra was raised without a father. One day, while her mother was away on a business trip, she found an old letter addressed to Mikhail Maximov. Deciding that this was her father’s name, the girl looks up the addresses of all the Mikhail Maximovs living in the city in the address book and sends them letters inviting them to visit her at the same time.

Vera Matveeva used to be a schoolteacher, but now she is retired and lives with her granddaughter Elizaveta. Looking at her grandmother's photos of her students, the girl notices a smiling boy in one of them. The third boy in the fifth row was Vanya Belov. Her grandmother told her granddaughter many stories about his jokes and pranks. And Liza liked the boy. The girl sensed something in him that her teacher did not remember: Ivan Belov became a hero and died a brave death in 1945. The television film "Third in the Fifth Row" is based on the novel of the same name by Anatoly Alexin.

The newly elected secretary of the city Komsomol committee, Andrei Kolobov, introduces the slogan of spiritual mentorship and strives to implement it in practice. He helps a talented young man, Petya Gorokhov, find the right path in life, directly participating in atheist propaganda. In the work of the Komsomol committee, Kolobov promotes a creative approach to working with the youth. He wins the love and trust of the city's Komsomol members, and at the report conference, the youth elect him as the first secretary once again.

Lida Karyakina is 15 years old. Facing trouble at school and at home, she decides to drop out and find a job. Soon, she realizes that she wants to be a teacher.