This is a life story of three girlfriends from youth to autumn ages. Their dreams and wishes, love, disillusions...
The action takes place during the years of the Civil War in the Urals. It is difficult for the young woman Nadia Korneeva to make sense of the events unfolding around her. Having endured much grief and gone through numerous trials, she decides to join a Red Guard unit.
Petrov, a young doctor working in Saransk, is summoned to a Mordovian village to assist in a surgery. Despite initial hostility from the local doctor, new acquaintances prompt Petrov to reconsider his life.