The movie includes plots: the 1st plot tells about the construction of a new bridge in the city of Ulyanovsk. The city of Ulyanovsk, 1989. View of the railway bridge over the Volga, built in 1916. The congestion of vehicles on the road bridge. The head of the department "Ulyanovskmoststroy" Nikolai Dmitrievich Sentyurin speaks about the emergency state of the automobile bridge, about the prospect of opening a new two-tiered bridge in 1993 (sync.). A team of builders "Ulyanovskmostostroy" headed by the head of the department ND Sentyurin at a production meeting dedicated to the beginning of the construction of an automobile bridge in the city of Ulyanovsk. View of the layout of the new bridge. The second plot tells about the Penza cooperative for tailoring fashionable shoes "Rainbow". Penza city, 1989. View of the shop of the cooperative "Raduga". V.P. Poghosyan, a professional shoemaker, at work in the shop; communicates with colleagues. View of a finished pair of boots on the table in the workshop. The third plot tells about the laying of the foundation stone for the construction of a mosque in the city of Kuibyshev. Kuibyshev city, 1989. A meeting dedicated to the laying of a new mosque. One of the Masulman gives a speech. Those present read a prayer. Collection of donations for the construction of a mosque. The 4th plot tells about the opening of the monument to Minin in the city of Gorky. Gorky city, June 1989. View of one of the walls of the Kremlin. An obelisk in honor of Kozma Minin with the inscription "Grateful offspring of 1826 to Citizen Minin." Opening of the monument to Minin on the Minin and Pozharsky square. Bronze figure of Minin on a red granite pedestal with a raised left hand; the inscription on the bronze plaque of the pedestal "To the great patriot of the Russian Land Kozma Minin". The author of the monument, Soviet sculptor, People's Artist of the USSR, full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, Professor Oleg Konstantinovich Komov is present at the opening of the monument.