Elena Zhukova

Maksym, a boy from a well-off and successful family, loves Masha. Masha, a girl from an orphanage, loves Maksym. This story could have ended with an expected marriage, but Susan, an American girl, arrives in Kyiv searching for her ancestry. The love line turns into a dramatic triangle.

Boris is called up for military service in a "hot spot". His bride Larissa, soon receives a letter stating that he was missing. A friend of Boris Nikolai, who was secretly in love with Larissa begins aggressively courting her and finally makes a proposal. The girl is forced to accept it. On the eve of her wedding Boris unexpectedly returns. Their feelings for each other are still there, but the young man disappears again ...

Anna Andreevna, who has spent her entire life working as a schoolteacher, retires and buys a summer house in a small village. Her neighbor turns out to be Taisia, a former milkmaid. Despite the difference in their education and life experience, the two women become close friends — they discover they have much in common in their life stories. Just as strong a friendship develops between their grandchildren, Dima and Masha. They will have to support each other through many difficult moments. When Masha’s mother dies before the eyes of eleven-year-old Masha, Dmitry does everything he can to take care of her. But soon he will need Masha’s care as well: a year later, his parents are killed in a plane crash. Years pass. Masha’s childhood attachment grows into true love — but Dmitry marries someone else…