The film tells about the war correspondent Pyotr Lidov, the author of the essay "Tanya" about the feat of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. Moscow region. Ruzsky district. Monument to Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya at 86 km of the Minsk highway. Newsreel footage. THE USSR. 1941 The destroyed buildings of one of the cities. War correspondent P. Lidov on one of the streets of the destroyed city. Residents of one of the villages near the ruins of houses. Destroyed residential buildings. Horse carriage. Newsreel footage. THE USSR. 1941-1942 A German soldier regulates the rules of travel for military vehicles and equipment. A column of the German army passes through one of the settlements. Burned wooden buildings. The partisans are crossing the river. Old Smolensk road. Ruined and burnt houses of one of the villages. A woman holds a child in her arms near the ruins of a house. The corpses of civilians in the village. Passage of German military equipment and motorcyclists. A German military march is played (off-screen). The movement of German tanks across the field. Combat operations of the Soviet artillery. Newsreel footage. Moscow. 1941 Soviet soldiers in camouflage gowns are walking along one of the city streets. The movement of a convoy of trucks along one of the streets of the city. Horse carts are standing. A poster with the NDP: "We will not give up Moscow!" The building of the Pravda editorial office. Newsreel footage. THE USSR. 1941-1945 Combat operations of Soviet troops on one of the fronts. Explosions. Volleys of guns. The movement of Soviet tanks. Airplanes in the sky. Planes are dropping bombs (removed from the plane). The movement of Soviet tanks and infantry on skis in camouflage robes. Destroyed buildings of the city. Captured Germans. Broken Soviet technology. 1942 year. Moscow region. Index with NDP: "PETRISCHEWO". The village is surrounded by barbed wire, with a ruined church in the background. NDP in the countryside of the village. Newspaper strip with the NDP: Tanya ". Essay by P. Lidov" Tanya ". Essay from the newspaper with the NDP:" Who was Tanya. "Bronze bust of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. troops on one of the fronts. Shooting "Katyusha". Soviet tanks on the battlefield. Soviet military aircraft in the sky. Dropping bombs (removed from the aircraft.) Explosions of shells.