Svetlana Kosolapova

It is a story about the Soviet worker Pyotr and the German engineer Hans, who came to the USSR before the war on a business trip. At a Soviet plant the German team works in cooperation with Russian specialists. Once Hans makes a mistake which causes the explosion of the furnace and human losses. Hans finds himself at the mercy of Pyotr, the only witness to his actions near the furnace. Pyotr also depends on Hans, because Pyotr’s very presence near the furnace entails accusation of subversive actions and a death sentence. Mutual suspicion gives way to silent sympathy and later friendship. They even look like each other, both have small children. Pyotr secretly leaves the town with his family but Hans feels loss rather that relief at the disappearance of the embarrassing witness.

Hot summer nights squeeze all the air out of small apartments. In the middle of one of these, the girl is dizzy. Whether from suffocation, or from an ancient promise, the time of which has come. In search of fresh air, the heroine flees to the field, from which she returns to a completely different city.

Lyokha is dying. He solved all the things, but it lefts... cats.

En 1941, Hitler décide de s'emparer du port stratégique de Sébastopol. L'aviation et l'artillerie allemandes vont pilonner sans relâche le dernier bastion de l'armée rouge. Sous ce déluge de feu, une jeune femme russe va se révéler être une tireuse d'élite hors pair et semer la panique dans le camp allemand. Les combats vont être meurtriers. Blessée par un éclat d'obus, elle va continuer à se battre sur le terrain diplomatique pour changer le cours de l'histoire.