About the early years of the life of the philosopher and writer Alexander Herzen, about his first and unrequited love, about the throwing of youth and growing up of a young critic and revolutioner. According to his father, he comes from an ancient Russian family, and his mother was a simple German woman. As an illegitimate son, he was not given the name of his father, Yakovlev. In his youth, he was fond of the ideas of freedom, for which it is not a pity to fight, which even then was close to the ideals of the revolution...
러시아의 젊은 귀족 안드레이는 아내의 반대를 무릎쓰고 군에 자원했다가 중상을 당한다. 그의 친구 피에르는 재산을 탐하여 시집을 온 엘렌과의 불화로 별거에 이른다. 구사일생으로 돌아온 후 아내의 죽음으로 실의에 잠겨있던 안드레이는 백작의 딸 나타샤에게 매료당하여 청혼을 하게 된다. 나폴레옹군의 전진으로 위기에 몰린 러시아를 구하기위해 안드레이와 피에르는 전장에 뛰어든다. 폐허화되었던 모스크바는 전력을 빼앗긴 나폴레옹군을 역습하여 마침내 승리를 거둔다. 모스크바로 돌아온 삐에로는 안드레이를 잃은 슬픔에 빠진 나타샤를 위로하다 그녀와 사랑이 싹트게 된다.
About the life of the Russian biologist Ivan Michurin. 1912 year. Having rejected American offers to work abroad, Michurin continues his research in the Russian Empire, despite the fact that his ideas are not perceived by the tsarist government, the church and idealistic science. Michurin is supported by prominent scientists of the country and he continues to work hard. After the October Revolution, a small Michurin garden in the city of Kozlov (the biologist's homeland) becomes a large state nursery.
