The year is 1947. Pavel Morozov, a lieutenant of the Engineering Troops, returns home after a victory and two years of work on the restoration of Prague. His mother and fiancee are waiting for him in his native village near Novosibirsk. But instead of happiness and a peaceful life, Pavel is faced with the false accusation of NKVD major Mikhail Bunyugin, camps, a new separation from his beloved and other difficulties of the post-war period.