The film is intended to acquaint foreign viewers with the Soviet Union. Along with review material containing general information about the USSR, the film reflects the fate of specific people. These are the builder of the Nurek hydroelectric power station A. Shilnikov, the chairman of the collective farm "Bolshevik" of the Rostov region N. Tikhonov, the worker of the automobile plant in the city of Togliatti E. Guly, the Gadzhiev brothers from Dagestan. The film includes shooting of the following content: landscapes of Kamchatka, Siberia; seascapes; mountains and mountain river; faces of people of different nationalities; view of Samarkand; The Kremlin, the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow; a monument to V.I. Lenin on the territory of the Kremlin; meeting of the XXV Congress of the CPSU; L. I. Brezhnev speaks at the XXV Congress of the CPSU; construction of the Nurek hydroelectric power station in Tajikistan; kolkhoz management and wheat harvesting at the Bolshevik kolkhoz in the Rostov region; collective farm chairman N. Tikhonov attends the kindergarten of the collective farm; the Samotlor oil field in the Tyumen region; drilling rigs; the work of drillers; laying rails on one of the sections of the Baikal-Amur Mainline; streets of Tashkent, a monument to the builders of Tashkent, destroyed during the earthquake; Botanical Garden in Sochi; vacationers on the seashore; assembly of cars in the workshop of an automobile plant in Togliatti; streets of Makhachkala; landscapes of Dagestan; the Hajiyev family at the dinner table; honored teacher of the republic B. Gadzhiev with students on excursions; a monument to M. Gadzhiev - the commander of a submarine who died during the Great Patriotic War; streets of Dubna; scientists in the laboratory at work; rolling mill of a metallurgical plant; workshop of a weaving factory; construction of a new district in Moscow; harvesting cotton; students in the classroom. The film uses the following newsreels: earthquake in Tashkent on April 26, 1966; teaching the population to read and write (1920s).