Taras and Eva Kadinsky work unceasingly at the Saint Petersburg State Health Care Establishment. Eva as a senior nurse and Taras as a leading surgeon. Neither have time for their children, Zara and Andrei, who are brought up by an overbearing nanny, Olga Frantsev. Zara takes up teaching as a career but soon learns that the changes in the education system are conspiring to force her out. She is compelled to find another path to follow. When she meets Iven Volodin, her whole life changes as the Russian Baron pursues her in an unorthodox manner, that leads to an unusual outcome. Andrei, restless, works in several mundane jobs until one day he takes up the post of research assistant to a top psychiatrist. Soon he is afforded the opportunity of promotion. However, in his ardour to prove his trials, he becomes obsessed and is given a warning by the board who refuses his request to continue with the controversial experiments. Sasha Volodin, ignored by her much older brother seeks solace from Andrei Kadinsky. He is so wrapped up in his work that he fails to notice her allurements. Sasha is heartbroken. Subsequently, she is compelled to turn her attentions to Andrei’s assistant, Piotr Lytkin.