Valeriy Gulyaeva

An epic tale of Poles, Ukrainians, Jews who are deported to Russia. Their fate is shown from the perspective of a young boy Staszek, who goes to Siberia with his family and neighbors from a small village in the eastern Polish borderlands. Together with his companions he starts hard struggle for survival, where the most fearsome opponent turns out to be terrible, merciless nature... Circumstances force the boy to reevaluate his life and grow up faster. Soon he will have to learn the essential struggle for survival and make decisions that will where rate will be life of his relatives. He will also have to choose between love for the Jewish Zinnia and the Russian Luybka.

One day, Tina’s ex-husband Lenchik and his young wife Alina unceremoniously invade Tina’s apartment. A schoolteacher, intelligent and sophisticated, Tina can do nothing to oppose the impudent impudence of her ex-husband. The situation gets even worse when Alina abandons her newborn son and hides in an unknown direction. Lenchik decides to return to his relationship with Tina. And he acts with his usual unceremoniousness.

Lyuba left her husband, went to a young graduate student. To distract her mother from her bitter thoughts, her daughter Masha offered to go on vacation to warm countries. Suddenly, Lyuba’s mother calls — she broke her leg. Warm countries have to be postponed. Lyuba and Masha urgently go to the village to take care of the patient. Lyuba does not suspect that in the remote village where she spent her childhood, she will meet her new love.