The city of Tobolsk. Memorial plaques on the houses of the composer A. A. Alyabyev and the writer P. P. Ershov; monument to P.P. Ershov. Scenery; trees, haystacks, sun, a boat is sailing along the Irtysh River. City of Surgut, Tyumen region; streets, buildings. Solemn meeting dedicated to the anniversary of the city. VV Bakhilov is speaking. Surgut oil workers at work on the rig. An oil gusher beats. Shop of the Tobolsk carpet factory. Craftswomen V.G. Martynova, L. Sazonova weave a carpet. Construction at the Tyumen shipyard of the ship-power station "Northern Lights", designed to supply electricity in remote polar regions. Shipbuilders at work. Extraction of peat in the Tarmansky peat field of the Tyumen region by peat combines. Peat moves along the conveyor. Transportation of peat to the Tyumen CHP (thermal power plant). The teacher of one of the kindergartens in Tobolsk reads to children the tale of PP Ershov "The Little Humpbacked Horse".