Former repressed O. Kozmina, L. Violina (Frenkel), K. Babaeva, K. Goncharova (Kharlamova) and others (synchronously) talk about the circumstances of the arrests, about the conditions of life, work, life in the Akmola camp, about the tragic fate of prisoners. O. Kozmina's trip to Akmolinsk 40 years after her release. Meeting, conversations with the former head of the camp Barinov (synchronously), head of the political department Yuzipenko (synchronously), security guard Korchagin (synchronously). Cells, corridors of the Butyrka prison. Newsreel of the 1930s: a demonstration on Red Square, members of the Soviet government on the podium of the Lenin Mausoleum. Women - prisoners of the Akmola camp work in logging. Slogans of the 1930s. Meeting the New Year 1936: fun, smiling people at the festive table, drinking champagne, dancing. Dining room for old Bolsheviks and former repressed.