Arkadiy Gaydar

Distant Countries

An aviation colonel comes to the Western Urals, to a large village of industrial importance. He remembers running here as a barefoot boy with his friend in the early 1930s. Then there was only a small crossing and a small village. About how they lived and studied here, how they became active builders of a new life, how they dreamed of seeing different countries, how they bravely fought the Nazis far from their homeland.

The Military Secret

Natka, who dreams of becoming a captain, is sent to pioneer work. She takes her first assignment very seriously - and receives a trip to Crimea. In Artek, Natka is asked to replace a sick pioneer leader. The girl agrees. Soon, during the construction of a water pipeline, a dam breaks and a struggle for water begins. Engineer Ganin, who came on vacation with his little son Alka, also joins this fight. In the ruins of the old fortress, Vladik and Tolik find dynamite. To track down their enemies, the guys hide explosives and swear not to reveal their “military secrets”...

Karo

A schoolboy, Karo, gets involved into the struggle between Communists and Dashnaks during the establishment of a Soviet regime in Armenia.