Genrikh Vagner

A story of a young Belorussian boy musician during the WWII.

Olga and Butkevich, the head of the convoy, meet at a roadside cafe. They hadn't seen each other since the beginning of the war. During the conversation, it turns out that a man with the surname of Olga's first husband, whom she considers dead, is working in the convoy. Butkevich arranges a meeting for them. Olga does not recognize him.

Alexey Kontsevoy, a sailor, comes to his village on vacation and finds out that a wonderful girl, Alyona Sinevets, is going to marry a visiting loafer, Venya. Having found out that Venya has a family in Murmansk, Lech decides to disrupt the wedding...

About the friendship of a boy Taborka with a dog named Vulcan and their adventures. The boy lives in Brest and his friends play the war in the Brest Citadel, where the echoes of World War II are alive...

A Few Amusing Episodes from the Life of the Village of Golodranka One day, a young peasant named Stepan lost his mare, who ran off pulling a cart full of hay. Stepan spent the whole day scouring the forest roads in search of her—only to find the stubborn beast calmly standing in his own yard. Furious, he swore to chop her to pieces with an axe. Another fellow, Artyom, ran away from home to escape his quarrelsome wife. He climbed down into the deepest village well and flatly refused to come out until his wife swore never to scold or hit him again. But what truly amused the villagers—both men and women—was Roman Sotsky’s antics. With a straight face, he assured a frightened constable that the strange man who had appeared in the village was "clearly a pure-blooded Sicilist."

On the way to the place of detention, Kazankov, who had previously confessed to the murder, jumped out of the car and died. After learning about this, the experienced judge who conducted the case of the convict decided to return to the Kazankov case. Later, he will make sure that he hastened to pass sentence.