Nikolay Gorshkov

One morning, the criminal authority Dad convenes three "sons" and tells the latest news. Everyone remembers how three years ago, the keeper of the regional communal Mule ran away, taking the money. Also, everyone remembers how he was found, punished and buried. And the news is like this. Yesterday Mulya, alive and well, was seen in three cities at once: St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk and Rostov. Dad sends "sons" to these cities to scout out what's what. For each of them, the journey will not be the easiest.

September, 1941. In a turn of events, young lovebirds Kostya and Nastya find themselves on board a barge that will evacuate people from the sieged Leningrad. At night the barge gets into the storm. When it starts sinking, enemy planes — but not rescuers — were the first to arrive at the scene.

1939年、ノモンハンで起きた日本との紛争事件を契機に、砲火に耐えうる強力な戦車の必要性を痛感したソ連は、新たな戦車の開発に着手。開発チームは、翌年、ウクライナのハリコフにある工場で、最新式の戦車T－34の試作に成功。スターリンの立ち会いのもとで閲兵式が近日行なわれることを知った主任設計技師のコーシュキンは、戦車の性能と威力を実地試験すべく、自ら試作機に乗り、はるかモスクワを目指す遠征の旅に出る。