Wed, Sep 17, 2014
1985. Lieutenant-Colonel Andrey Lugovoy, a test pilot, is transferred to the Transbaikal Military District. His wife Marina and their 15-year-old daughter Zhenya go with him. The girl falls in love with her classmate Vanya Kotov at first sight, but he seems very hostile. Vanya's mother, Alevtina, a waitress at the officers' mess, is having an affair with Colonel Khvorostov. Lugovoy suddenly meets his former flame - Elena Nagibina, who became a medical officer.
Wed, Sep 17, 2014
Lena Nagibina confesses to Lugovoy that she loves him just as much as when they were young, so she requests a transfer to another garrison. Antonina, the local gossip, learns of Alevtina's affair with Khvorostov. Zhenya does her best to make Vanya like her. Khvorostov goes to the bathhouse during Alevtina's shift, and Antonina informs his wife.
Thu, Sep 18, 2014
Vanya tells Zhenya about his dream of becoming a pilot. Marina learns about Alevtina's affair with Khvorostov and stops talking to her flighty neighbor. She also forbids Zhenya to see her son. On the contrary, Lugovoy likes Vanya and supports his daughter. Alevtina learns that she is pregnant. Marina goes to Irkutsk, lying that she is planning to meet with an old friend. Zhenya and Vanya realize that they love each other. While they are hiding from the rain in a shed, they are seen by Antonina.
Thu, Sep 18, 2014
Antonina tells Marina about Zhenya and Vanya. Marina is furious and makes an ugly scene to Zhenya. Alevtina tells Khvorostov that she is pregnant. he forces her to have an illegal abortion. The unhygienic conditions of the operation cause blood poisoning. Alevtina dies, making Vanya and little Pasha orphans. Vanya, shaken, decides to make Khvorostov pay.
Mon, Sep 22, 2014
Alevtina's sister Larisa takes the Kotov boys to Saratov to live with her family. Zhenya and Vanya are forced to part. Vanya says goodbye and promises to Lugovoy that he will become a pilot. He promises to Zhenya that he is going to love her all his life. In Saratov Vanya doesn't get along with his aunt's hard-drinking husband, so Larisa places the Kotov brothers into an orphanage. Antonina learns about Marina's affair with Petrushin. Marina tells Lugovoy that she is leaving him right before an important flight.
Mon, Sep 22, 2014
Zhenya writes to Vanya about the tragedy. General Petrushin arrives from Leningrad to take Marina and her daughter away. Vanya's last letter misses Zhenya. Their correspondence stops. Two years pass. Vanya serves in Aghanistan, Zhenya enters a medical institute. Her fellow student Aleksey Dunaev courts her. Petrushin abuses Marina and constantly picks at Zhenya.
Tue, Sep 23, 2014
Dunaev asks Zhenya to marry him. Vanya enters a flight school on the recommendation of Colonel Berezin whose life he saved in Afghanistan. The head of the school, Colonel Cherkasov, asks him to his country house where Vanya meets the Colonel's daughter Natasha. Vanya's brother Pashka falls in with a bad crowd at the orphanage which results in a tragedy. Cherkasov makes Vanya marry Natasha. Zhenya gives birth to a son and names him Andrey after her father.
Sat, Aug 23, 2014
Marina tells Dunaev that his marriage is not going to work because Zhenya still loves Vanya. Dunaev is expelled from medical school. He feels he is a failure and often comes home drunk. Before his wedding to Natasha, Vanya asks for leave to go to Leningrad where he hopes to find Zhenya.
Wed, Sep 24, 2014
Years pass. Zhenya is divorced. She lives in Moscow and works with renowned heart surgeon Tatarskiy who always finds fault with her. Finally her patience runs out and she is about to resign. Tatarskiy invites her to a classical music concert and tells her how he feels. Soon he asks Zhenya to marry him. Kotov has become one of the best test pilots. During a flight something goes wrong.
Thu, Sep 25, 2014
Vanya asks Zhenya to go on a short holiday to the seaside with him. But an accident with a fellow officer puts an end to that plan. Zhenya goes to the seaside alone. Natasha agrees to give Kotov a divorce but asks her father to end his career as a pilot. During a test flight one of the engines on Vanya's plane bursts into flames.