A documentary film adaptation of the memoirs of General-Cornet of the Ukrainian People's Republic Vsevolod Petriv. Their author does not describe the actions of state leaders, but shares his impressions of everything he heard and saw in those days. This opens before us a majestic picture of our people's struggle for freedom. The story that Petrov reveals reveals the myths that there were no patriots in Ukraine, that Ukrainians did not seek independence. The depth of patriotic feelings of Ukrainians at that time was not less, and perhaps more than today.