Two children living in a remote mining town in the distant wastes of Siberia in 1947, survive poverty and hardship through the warmth of their friendship and a shared sense of humour.
Long-nosed Cyrano de Bergerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves.
Important file is stolen from archives. The thief and the archive clerk are both found dead. Colonel Kornilov comes to conclusion that the crime is a result of the degrading social environment in the rapidly changing Soviet Union.