Varvara and Pavel Zhdanov did not live long together. The war broke out and Pavel went to the front, and a hard, exhausting job at a metallurgical plant fell on the shoulders of a young woman...
Mai 1945. Dans un village allemand, des soldats soviétiques vivent leurs premiers jours de paix et, par hasard, visitent un camp voisin. Ils découvrent la réalité du nazisme et des camps d'extermination.
A saga about the life of the Siberian Savelyev family during the period 1902 through the 1960s as they survive through three wars, a revolution, and Soviet government approval.