A film about the ecological state of the Volga River. The city of Nizhny Novgorod. Newlyweds lay flowers at the monument to V. I. Lenin. Public toilet on the site of the church, from the porch of which K. Minin spoke. The building of the House of Soviets on the site of the Assumption Cathedral. Nuclear power plant. Mari Pulp and Paper Mill. Sviyazhsk Republican Psychiatric Hospital. Kazan city. Meeting of Muslims. Orgsintez plant. Destroyed buildings. Garbage dump. Children's colony on the territory of the monastery. The city of Ulyanovsk. Sviyaga river. Combined heat and power plant. Plant construction. Samara city. Samarka river. Industrial Zone. Zhigulevskie mountains. Balakovo nuclear power plant. Saratov city. Ruins of a destroyed temple. Destroyed buildings. Celebrations in honor of the 400th anniversary of the city. The newlyweds are passing in a carriage. The city of Volgograd. Volgograd treatment facilities. Sediments. Volgograd water divider. Helicopter in the air. Orphanage in Raznochinovka. Astrakhan Gas Condensate Plant. Astrakhan paper-cardboard mill. Landscapes of the Volga River. Movement of ships. Rural settlements on the banks of the Volga. Dead fish on the shore. Killed seals. Discharge of waste water from industrial enterprises into the Volga. Seagulls are flying. Scientists take water samples. Fishermen pull nets, boil fish soup. Representatives of state authorities, public organizations give interviews on the ecological state of the Volga and the rivers flowing into it (synchronously).