Nikolai Sliozberg

General Zhuravlev fought on the fronts of World War II, and is now designing spacecraft. Sending a rocket with astronaut Borodin on the flight, he recalls the namesake of the astronaut - a young tankman whom he had the chance to meet on the roads of war ...

The film is about the exploit of the destroyer "Neistoviy", who fought during the Great Patriotic War on the Barents Sea.