Screen version of the novel of the same name by V. Azhaev. The years of 1941-1942. After being wounded engineer Kovshov is transferred to the Far East to construct pipelines. There was disagreement between the construction leaders: some leaders were ready to cope with the task in one year, the others expected the work to be fulfiled only in 3 years. Kovshov takes the side of the first. On winning the first victory, it was he who went to the capital to report about it. Source : www.mosfilm.ru