"I came to give you freedom" is Vasily Shukshin's novel about Stepan Razin, which he dreamed of filming. But they didn't give it to him. The film tells about the tragedy of the artist, who fought for his plan for many years, but was doomed. The tragic departure of Shukshin on October 2, 1974 is still shrouded in mystery. There are conspiracy theories of poisoning. The focus is on the last year of Vasily Shukshin's life.

In 1942, the Russian partisan Nikolai Kiselev saved the lives of 218 residents of the Jewish town of Dolginovo, who miraculously survived the atrocities of the Nazis. Having traveled thousands of kilometers across the occupied German territory, Kiselev led them beyond the front line. The film tells about one of the most terrible pages of history, about the greatness of the human spirit and about the feat accomplished by the Russian partisan Nikolai Kiselev. The protagonists of the film are real participants in the events.

The film is dedicated to the outstanding Russian engineer, inventor, scientist Vladimir Shukhov. Under his leadership, about 500 bridges were designed and built, the first oil pipeline in Russia, the Kievsky railway station in Moscow. The callsigns of the first Soviet radio station, and later the first television programs, were transmitted from antennas installed on the Shabolovskaya radio tower in Moscow, built according to Shukhov's design. In Samarkand, after the earthquake, a beautiful monument of medieval architecture, the minaret of the Ulugbek Madrasah, was restored according to his project. 63 years of engineering work, and more than ten projects completed each year.