Anatoliy Stepanov

Afrikanych lived his whole life in the village with his wife Katerina in love and harmony. Katerina gave birth to his sixth child, and then fell ill. Afrikanych decided to go away to find work, but on the way he realized that he could not live without Katerina and his home.

A young police officer, Sergeant Nikolai Zakharov, who is simultaneously completing his studies at the University's Law Faculty, is assigned to investigate the assault and robbery committed against Alexei Severtsev, an applicant who has come from a distant city to study at a Leningrad university.