Demobilized lieutenant Ilya Zhuravlev returns from the front. However, the way home turns into an unexpected incident for him: bandits attack a train in a forest area. Many passengers were killed, almost all were robbed. Miraculously, Zhuravlev survived and makes it to the local police department. There, the senior criminal intelligence officer, Captain Klim Orlov, involves the front-line soldier in the operation to capture the thugs. It is known that the gang is preparing an attack on the savings bank. But when and by what forces?.. Ilya does not yet know that one of his accidental acquaintances will help answer these questions... A unique opportunity to return to one of the brightest periods of Soviet history - the post-war period. Real people, real crime cases, exciting plot twists. Characters similar to the iconic images of the film “The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed.” The spirit of the times, reverently preserved in many families. The “kitchen” of the daily work of the Soviet police is shown in an unusual and realistic way.