Fragments of the film, shot for the 25th anniversary of the creative activity of the artist Dmitry Nikolaevich Kardovsky (1866-1943), Pereslavl-Zalessky. House of D.N. Kardovsky. Kardovsky works at the easel. The professor's daughter Ekaterina plays the piano, the wife of D.N. is sitting at the table set for tea. Kardovskogo Olga Ludvigovna Della-Vos-Kardovskaya. The granddaughter of Professor Irina is standing. All four are sitting at the set table, talking. D.N. Kardovsky with his wife, daughter and granddaughter leave the house, go down the stairs, walk on the grass. Dmitry Nikolaevich plays with his granddaughter, runs after her on the grass. All four are sitting on a bench under a tree. The professor with his daughter and granddaughter walk along the alley, Catherine takes the child in her arms. Everyone is working in the garden, weeding the beds. Kardovsky is cutting the board with a hatchet. K.P. Chemko enters the gate, walks through the grass. D.N. comes out to meet him. Kardovsky, they take off their hats, shake hands, O.L. Della Vos Kardovskaya, greets K.P. Chemko. A dog walks nearby. Pereslavl-Zalessky. Pereslavl Museum-Reserve. K.P. Chemko and D.N. Kardovsky walk through the territory of the museum. D.N. Kardovsky and others stand on the belfry of the Dormition Goritsky Monastery. O. L. Della Vos Kardovskaya, E.D. Kardovskaya, artist Ksaveriy Pavlovich Chemko are standing on the road next to a broken car. A man is trying to fix a wheel. Panorama of Lake Pleshcheevskoye. A flock of birds is circling in the sky, in the distance the panorama of Pereslavl-Zalessky K.P. Chemko sits in a train carriage, lights a pipe and reads a newspaper. Moscow. D.N. Kardovsky and O.L. Della Vos Kardovskaya come out of the entrance door of a large house, walk along the streets of the winter city. Moscow. K.M.'s studio Chemko. Pencil portraits on the walls of the studio. D.N. enters the door. Kardovsky, followed by the students. D.N. Kardovsky looks at drawings, communicates with students, corrects students' work. Young artists are painting nude at easels. K.P. Chemko and D.N. Kardovsky are sitting at the table at the meeting, sorting through papers, other artists are sitting next to them. Z.V. Chemko accepts money from members of society, cleans in the studio. Basement window, a man walks by. K.P. Chemko is standing next to the studio, smoking a pipe and talking. Two men are eating and drinking from a mug. Sheets of paper with handwritten text. NDP: “K.P. TOTAL NOTES FROM THE WORDS OF PROF. ACADEMIC D. N. KARDOVSKY HIS WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS STATED BY THE STUDENT (indecipherable) IN 1922 " Moscow. K.M.'s studio Chemko. Celebrating the anniversary of D.N. Kardovsky. Students applaud D.N. Kardovsky, he bows. D.N. Kardovsky and his students are sitting in the studio at a festive table, clinking glasses. A man with a cigarette plays a musical instrument. Couples are dancing. In the arch of the entrance courtyard, a group of men meets, everyone shakes hands, takes off their hats, then puts them on.