The plot takes place in 1942-1943, during the defense of Stalingrad. The Jew Viktor Strum is a talented nuclear physicist working in one of the country's institutes on the creation of an atomic bomb. At this time, Strum's relatives die in Nazi camps and NKVD dungeons, and persecution begins against him. The inventor can only be saved by his scientific brainchild, which Stalin himself became interested in. The state needs such a powerful weapon as an atomic bomb. The scientist has to make a choice: to remain faithful to science and work for the "leader of the nation" or to abandon his vocation and be destroyed.

Igor Grom, a skilled detective from St. Petersburg, happened to be at the scene of a bank robbery and decides to stop them.

犹太青年亚伯拉罕正在拍摄一部纪录片，拍摄的对象却是莫斯科一群生活在边缘地带的光头党。这群以“剃刀”萨沙为代表的青年，疯狂崇拜着德国纳粹的法西斯思想，他们行纳粹军礼，膜拜阿道夫•希特勒，日常群集在一个地下室内，终日讨论与锻炼，立志弘扬大斯拉夫的民粹主义，并时刻期望将所有的外来移民驱逐出俄罗斯。他们上面有首领规划着日常所有的活动，俄而攻击被蔑称为“黑鬼”的异族人，俄而袭击塔吉克人的商贸集市，行动越高越大，甚至引起当局的关注。桀骜不驯的萨沙不肯屈服于任何所谓的腐败势力，他和战友们积极参加军事集训，时刻准备迎接更大的战役。
与此同时，悲剧不可避免地到来……

USSR, November, 1941. Based on the account by Vasiliy Koroteev this is the story of Panifilov's Twenty-Eight, a group of twenty-eight Red Army soldiers commanded by General Ivan Panfilov, that stopped the advance on Moscow of a column of fifty-four Nazi tanks of the 11th Panzer Division for several days. Though lightly armed they fight tirelessly and defiantly, with uncommon bravery and unwavering dedication, to protect Moscow and their Motherland.