The fate of Yegor Trubnikov, the hero of this story, is peculiar and at the same time typical. In World War II, commanding a regiment, he was seriously wounded during the capture of Berlin. But a courageous heart did not allow Trubnikov to live the quiet life of a disabled pensioner, and he returns to his native village to raise the collective farm destroyed by the war from the ashes. Trubnikov enters the struggle with the devastation, mental fatigue of people, with the demagogy of inept district leaders. His genuine partisanship, great energy, the need to live with the sorrows and joys of people make collective farmers believe in this harsh person. About how difficult and difficult victory comes to Yegor Trubnikov, and the new book by Y. Nagibin tells.