Oleg Sokolov

The heroes of the play are the father and son, the Raskatovs, whose lives are marked by the echoes of the past war: the father, a prominent military leader, dies from wounds sustained during the war; the son perishes while disarming a Nazi chemical weapons depot.

The young soldier Vasily Lemekhov has returned from the hospital and met a young woman Natasha in Chisinau.

The new secretary of the NPP party committee is fighting against high results' progress in equipment operation.