The guide leads a tour of the halls of the A.P. Chekhov Museum in Moscow. Artist A. Rudensky performing the role of A. Chekhov, reads a monologue (synchronously). A still from the movie "The Teacher": the teacher (B. Chirkov) reads Chekhov's story "Roly Zhukov". Railway station building in Taganrog; streets of the city, the building of the gymnasium and the class in which A.P. Chekhov studied. Personnel of the chronicle: members of the Soviet leadership I.V. Stalin, V.M. Molotov, L.P. Beria, G.M. Malenkov and others speak from the rostrum. Waste paper processing hall. Hall of the printing house: the books of A.P. Chekhov on the transporter of the View of the House of Actor, the Central House of Writers named after A. Fadeev, and other administrative buildings in Moscow. Rural landscapes: forests, fields in winter. Cranes circle in the sky, land on arable land, fly over the river. People are sitting in the terminal hall. Taiga forest; sea shore. Eagles in the cage of the zoo. Visitors visiting the animals at the zoo. People are praying at church services. Session of the court: the judge talks with the participants in the trial; reads out the minutes. Landscapes of Sakhalin. Photos of convicts exiled to Sakhalin. The head of the boys' choir is holding a rehearsal with the children (synchronously). Landscape: river, trees, church.