The film is dedicated to the life and work of the writer N. A. Ostrovsky. Stills from the feature film "How the Steel Was Tempered", a monument to N. A. Ostrovsky in Shepetovka, N. A. Ostrovsky Museum in Moscow, museum exposition, interview with R. P. Ostrovskaya (synchronously), views of Moscow 20x-30x years, an interview with the artist V. Konkin (synchronously), L. Annensky (synchronously), the coast of Sochi, an interview with the director of the Museum N. A. Ostrovsky in Moscow (synchronously), director V. Fokin (synchronously).