Yuriy Solovyov

Ivan and Colombina

After being demobilized, Ivan Cheprasov came to work in the motorcade. The chief assigns Ivan an ancient wreck that no one has bothered to repair. 'Colombina'—as the drivers jokingly nicknamed the old car—became a 'touchstone' for Ivan, testing his resilience and skill. Additionally, Colombina serves as a highly humanized metaphor for metal in Ivan's life, continuing the tradition of Soviet social realism by portraying another archetype, in this case, the ideal chauffeur.

The Soul Calls

Two old Leningrad workers, Sukhov and Solyanov, have a long-standing friendship — they worked at the same plant, lived in the neighborhood. Now Solyanov, at the insistence of his son, decides to retire. But it is not so easy to part with his native plant, which, as it turned out, still needs an old personnel officer...

The Fellows From the Kanonersky Island

Two friends, Valya and Slava, come up with an interesting game for the kids in their neighborhood—called "sea crew"—and an old abandoned shed serves as their "ship." But the game is just a game, and the kids want to participate in something real. Then they receive a letter from an older friend — the virgin lands where he is heroically working are short of tractors. Here it is, a real job — they need to collect scrap metal to build a tractor! What's more, the kids decide to raise a sunken barge from the bottom of the Neva River...

We Looked in the Death's Face

A young officer organizes a dance group in the blockaded Leningrad in 1942.

The Knight of Prince Village

Two friends are fencing together but have a different opinions about sport and a way to achieve victories.

Investigator by Profession

A locker room janitor at the train station notices that a suitcase was put in a locker by a man, but pulled out by another man. This suitcase appeared to be stuffed with money. This incident allows a police detective to uncover a huge criminal organization responsible for theft, smuggling and murder.

Racket

Storm Warning

A group of tourists from one of the southern tourist centers set off along the usual route. But on a mountain pass they are suddenly overtaken by a tornado. As a result, two people die and panic begins...

Twenty Days Without War

War correspondent Lopatin takes a 20-day-leave from his hard work at the front in 1942. He travels to faraway Tashkent to meet the family of the killed soldier and visit the film set of the screen adaptation of his war-time stories. Lopatin also manages to walk the streets of Tashkent, take part in a factory workers' meeting and have a short-lived love affair. Although with no bombings and fighting, the city dwellers breathe the atmosphere of the ongoing war.

The Year of the Active Sun

The plot is based on the fate of Vera Sergeyevna Kolosova, the deputy chairman of the city executive committee.