Autumn. 1941 Western Siberia. Not only old people, disabled people and women with children are moving beyond the Urals... Deserters and criminals are trying to hide from the war... In these difficult times, the childhood of the six-year-old orphan Nyushka passes. Further, her fate leads her through seven orphanages, through “crafts,” through factory workshops, through correspondence studies... But nothing can take away her poetry, fairy tales, and fantasies. She is moving towards her goal.