Boris Tkachenko

The film is about the youth who joined the ranks of the Komsomol in the early 1920s. The protagonists of the film are residents of a small town in southern Russia.

Based on the novella of the same name by Vasily Belov. The television play is centered on the story of the old collective farm carpenter Smolin, recounting his life and the life of his native village.

About the events that took place on January 9 in St. Petersburg, which marked the beginning of the revolution of 1905-1907 in Russia.