The film's heroes live in a port city on the Kola Peninsula, near the border with Norway.

He worked as a cook, loved a waitress and rode around the city on a bicycle, but at the same time he firmly believed in the great future - for him and the society.

To somehow explain his strange behavior, Herman tells Konyok that across the country there is a secret selection of special people who will be later collected in Kostanay and sent into space.

On one occasion Herman with delicate kisses seduces Konyok's woman - Lara (Irina Pegova).

During the grand welcome of Gagarin in Moscow, the awkward Konkov runs up to the car and hands a bouquet to the cosmonaut.