Oskar Nikich

A literature teacher struggles with a faulty stove, with a village major being called to assist.

A young Muscovite spends his vacation in a small Abkhazian village. The joys and sorrows, everyday life and holidays of the villagers invade his life, and he becomes an active participant in them.

Young agronomist Viktor Nozhov makes an extraordinary decision - he leaves a successful state farm and becomes the chairman of a backward collective farm in his native village...

A TV journalist, formerly orphanage resident, collects material about disadvantaged children, delves into their problems and tries to help them.

At the age of 43, landowner Kirsanov is visited by his son Arkady, a recent university graduate, accompanied by the self-assured young doctor, Yevgeny Bazarov. Kirsanov's older brother, Pavel Petrovich, and Bazarov quickly develop mutual dislike. A few days later, Arkady introduces Bazarov to the young, beautiful, and wealthy widow Odintsova, who immediately captures Bazarov's interest.

A young master, Vladimir Dubrovsky, comes to the estate to visit his father, who has long been in litigation with his neighbor, the despotic landowner Troekurov. Having seriously insulted Dubrovsky Sr., Troekurov tries to go to peace, but the proud old man is adamant.

The young landowner Astakhov comes to check the affairs of his distant estate. He meets his neighbors and among them two young girls. The arrival of Astakhov destroys the calm of the usual estate life.