In New Year's Eve in the apartment of major Vlasov and his wife warrant officer Natalya Kiselyova the phone rings. It is the General who calls and congratulates Vlasov on perfect objectives on professional development and general military training of Vlasov's subordinates. The General confirms that the major regains his grade as lieutenant-colonel and orders to come to Moscow immediately as he needs him for a very important mission. Vlasov leaves his wife and daughter Masha nicknamed Mukha in Siberia and goes to Moscow.
In 1947, Alexey Mitrokhin comes to post-war Moscow to visit his friend, former battalion commander Argunov, who saved his life during the war. But it turns out that the battalion commander was sentenced to 25 years and is in a strict regime camp. The hero decides on a desperate act — at any cost to rescue a friend…
