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.