Born in the Volga region, having lost her mother very early, Ekaterina was brought up by her grandmother, a severe and authoritarian person. Rare encounters with his father - an old officer with great merits, allowed him to forge his character. From the start of the war, Ekaterina without hesitation commits to the military hospital where she meets her first love and also her first disappointment. After the war Ekaterina continued her studies and became an engineer, one of the heads of a river port. His relations with his superior are not easy until the day he is dismissed for professional misconduct. This is where Ekaterina realizes that she has lost the most loved one.
