A film about the construction of residential and public buildings in different cities of the Soviet Union. Cities: Moscow, Leningrad, Volgograd, Yalta, Angarsk, Novosibirsk, Magadan, Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan), Riga (Latvia), Tallinn (Estonia), Baku (Azerbaijan), Yerevan (Armenia), Dushanbe (Tajikistan). Buildings of ancient and modern architecture. Private buildings. Uncomfortable old buildings. Destruction of old houses by bulldozers. Builders at work. Territories for building houses. New residential areas. Layout and interiors of new apartments. Ceremonial presentation of orders for new apartments. New settlers. Residents of cities on the streets, in parks, squares, in apartments, including children. The wedding palace of one of the cities. Grooms, brides awaiting registration. Marriage registration ceremony. Discussion of architectural projects. Modern buildings of boarding houses in the resorts of the Crimea and the Klyazminskoye reservoir (Moscow region). Vacationers on the territory of boarding houses, beaches. Modern buildings of the pioneer camp "Artek" (Crimea). The audience in restaurants: dining, dancing. Moscow city. Leninsky, Kutuzovsky avenues. The building of the V.I.Lenin Museum. Central Telegraph. Shop buildings. Hotels "Yunost", "Russia". Kremlin Palace of Congresses. New residential area "Cheryomushki". Installation and installation of ruby stars on the Kremlin towers. Nikita Khrushchev is present. House-building plant. Production processes in workshops. Chronicle. NS Khrushchev and his entourage pass along the street of one of the cities, talking with a boy. Residents of the city welcomed Nikita Khrushchev. Foreign chronicle. Rich and poor quarters of one of the cities. Skyscrapers. Slum. Life of residents of different social strata of the population.