Valeriy Guryanov

Appeal

At a meeting of the bureau, under pressure from the first secretary of the district committee of the party, the agronomist of the collective farm Boris Kholmovoy was dismissed and expelled from the party for allegedly arbitrary actions. Disagreeing with the decision of the district committee, Kholmovoy files an appeal. The secretary of the regional party committee Plotnikov, wanting to understand this complicated matter, goes to the collective farm.

In Broad Daylight

A group of friends, including Mukhin, a furniture factory worker, with his wife and son, go out on a day off. There are four drunk young men in the neighborhood. They pester vacationers and start a fight. They are rebuffed only by Mukhin. Protecting his wife and child, he hit the leader of a hooligan gang. Death was instantaneous. The rowdies turn out to be locals. They pretend to be victims, blaming the "tourists" from the city.

Secret Ballot

The chairman of the Rassvet collective farm, Foma Lukash, lived honestly and fairly. But when his heart began to catch, Lukash went to the hospital. Meanwhile, his deputy began to establish new orders on the collective farm. For example, the working day was moved to a later time. Many people liked it, because it wasn’t war. But Foma, upon leaving the hospital, did not accept the new changes - and demanded early re-election of the chairman...