«Ballad of a Soldier»

Trains, stations, fleeting encounters, first love, partings, and losses, the whirlwind of life sweeps Alexei along as he travels through the rear. On his way to his native village to see his mother, the young soldier helps a girl hide in a carriage and reach her destination. That girl becomes his first and only love, for all his short life, until the very end… 

«He could have become a fine citizen. He could have built and adorned the earth with gardens. But he was and will forever remain in our memory, a soldier. A Russian soldier…»