Mikhail Ulyanov

The Soviet Army strikes German forces in Belarus soon after the Normandy landings. Major Orlov leads his men on a mission to rescue Zoia, a Russian nurse that ended up captured as she evacuated wounded soldiers. Meanwhile, the Soviet command prepare for Operation Bagration, intent on liberating Belarus from German occupation.

A peasant girl is romanced by a handsome yet cunning nobleman in this tale based on Nikolai Karamzin's classic Russian novella.