After graduating from law school, Nina becomes a prosecutor. At the first trial, she sentences Surgeon Monday, and soon it turns out that the accusation was false. Nina is tormented by remorse and, considering herself guilty of Monday's arrest, she tries to justify herself to him. As a result, they fall in love with each other...

Dusya Koroleva, who became chairman of the collective farm after the war, runs the business without hesitation. In the spring of 1965, when Khrushchev's excesses in the leadership of agriculture were condemned, Dusya resigned as chairman of the collective farm and went to live in Moscow. In the city, she has difficulty finding a job and defining her lifestyle. However, an unexpected meeting with her mother makes her wonder if she is living the right life...

About the fate of Natasha, or rather, Natalia Semenovna Druzhinina, a successful and domineering woman. The action takes place in the early 1980s. Having left a high post in the ministry, she, guided by ambitious plans, leaves for the position of director of a new school, hoping to create an exemplary model of public education. However, Natalia Semenovna's plan failed, leaving her with no hope for the future..