Village "Sloboda Turinskaya", Sverdlovsk region. View of the village in winter. Children sled down the hill, play on the street. Midwife S. M. Zhelvakova is receiving pregnant women. SM Zhelvakova talks about herself, about her life; at home; with her daughter, granddaughters. Doctor-surgeon V. L. Doroshenko examines patients, performs an operation.