A film about the ancient Russian town of Vetluga in the Gorky region. The streets of the town. Transport and pedestrian traffic. Old stone shopping arcade in the city center. Buildings of the cinema, Mebel shop. Exhibits of the local history museum of Vetluga. Photos of the Trinity and Resurrection Cathedrals, closed after the revolution. Bread factory in the premises of the former Resurrection Cathedral. The building and production halls of the distillery. Monument to V.I.Lenin on the city square. Schoolchildren in the classroom in the computer class and in the carpentry workshop; master carpenter talks about wood carving (synchronously). The master luge makes sledges and talks about his craft (synchronously). Residents of Vetluga talk about their city (synchronously). Funeral procession on a city street. Cemetery view. People light candles, pray in church. The bell ringer at the bell tower. Views of the Vetluga river in summer and winter. Sunrise on the background of the rural landscape. The songs "The Day is Dealing" and "My Cell..." Performed by the author and performer of songs V. Volkov (synchronously).