1 plot "Grandfather" Kemerovo region, der. Zhuravlevo. An archaeological expedition [of the Kemerovo State University] is working in the field. The head of the expedition, Vladimir Vasilyevich Bobrov, tells (sync. And behind the scenes) that he is very surprised by the awareness of local residents: they know what burial mounds and archaeological excavations are. House of the former director of Zhuravlevskaya secondary school, pensioner Fyodor Alekseevich Morozov. The pensioner walks through the yard to the garden, picks up the poles; in the house talks (sync. and behind the scenes) about the work of the teacher and the school director; about raising children, about how to teach them to work on earth. About A.F. Morozov is told (sinhr. And behind the scenes) Brigadier Fomin, current school director Lydia Stepanovna Novikova, former students and villagers. 2 story "Rural Edison" Novosibirsk region, the village of Mokhnaty Log. A rural inventor, pensioner Pantelei Sergeevich Bosevsky tells (sync. And behind the scenes) about his inventions and shows them: a bath broom made of [rubber], a mousetrap operating on the principle of a fishing net "muzzle", an improved well in the form of a well, various shovels for snow removal digging potatoes, spreading manure. During tea drinking with his wife P.S. Bosevsky plays an improved tambourine. A.F. Morozov plays the balalaika and sings (sinhr.) Ditties.