A film about II Loboda, head of section of mine No. 22 of the Leninugol trust of the Karagandaugol plant, who died while rescuing miners during an accident. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on awarding I. I. Loboda with the Order of Lenin posthumously, the order against the background of the decree. His father I. N. Loboda and mother A. Ya. Loboda tell about the life of I. I. Loboda. Views of Karaganda: streets, miners' palace, Mining College, mine number 22, house of I. I. Loboda. Streets of Voroshilovgrad, Luganka river, where the hero's childhood passed. I. I. Loboda's grandmother at her house in Alchevsk, where Igor came on vacation. Amateur filming of Igor with his family on vacation by the river. Family photos, documents. Interior of Igor Loboda's apartment; his wife and daughters. Coal mine work. His wife and colleagues talk about the last day of Igor's life, about the gas explosion at mine No. 22, about his feat in rescuing workers from the mine. Photos of I. I. Loboda's funeral. Igor Loboda street in Karaganda.