Kalinin Front, March 1942. The students of the courses are the Red Army men and sergeants of the 5th Army of General L.A. Govorov, who distinguished themselves most in battle, at the final exam and during the training battle on the ground. Among those present at the exam: excellent cadet Pavel Ignatievich Kozlov - former foreman of a mortar platoon, excellent student Vasily Timofeevich Ivannikov. Graduate cadets are in the ranks. Arrival at the release of junior political instructors of a member of the Kalinin Front Armed Forces, Brigade Commissar P.F. Ivanov and the head of the political department of the brigade, Commissioner I.P. Abramov. The head of the courses read out the order on awarding the graduates with the titles of junior political instructors. Brigadier commissar I.P. Ivanov pins badges on the lapels of graduates' overcoats. The junior political instructors sit down in their cars. The trucks drive away from the course building. Cadets during a training battle on the ground with a conditional enemy. Explosions on the ground.