Elena Nikolaevna Stakhova, a girl from a noble family, is full of lofty ideals. Seeking “active good” and heroism and not finding the use of her powers in her environment, she falls in love with the Bulgarian student Insarov, a poor commoner democrat. Elena completely devotes herself to her chosen one and follows him along his difficult path. After the wedding, the young people decide to leave for Bulgaria, where the struggle for freedom has been going on for 400 years. But, never having reached his homeland, Insarov dies...

The girl Vika and her sick mother live in their apartment, which is claimed by her mother's sister, Klaudia. One day Mila, Klaudia's daughter, moves in with Vika and her mother, who tries to establish her own rules in the house. Vika is quietly but stubbornly fighting against the new order. At a party hosted by Mila, a boy appears who becomes Vika's loyal friend.

The young artist, feeling that he is losing faith in himself, leaves the city for the countryside. There he meets amazing people, whose main wealth is the soul, and his moral purification takes place. That's when the truth about man, his destiny, is revealed to him. Love comes to him. He returns to himself...