V. Martynov

The story is about two friends living in one of the provinces of central Russia. Pyotr Vasilyevich decides to marry off his young friend, Boris Andreyich. They visit a widow, two sisters of marriageable age, and the Barsukov family, which consists of two members: the father and his 19-year-old daughter, Verochka.

The television play is based on three stories by Turgenev: "A Meeting", "Pyotr Petrovich Karataev", and "Hamlet of Shchigrovsky District".

Based on the eponymous novel by A.I. Herzen.