with such a question , ten-year-old samantha smith from the city of manchester , the us state of maine, turned to moscow in 1983 very eventfully, both on the international arena and within the country. the president of the united states of america calls the ussr the evil empire story ronald reagan proposes the so-called star wars program the enlightenment of nuclear weapons in space. moscow region soviet officer stanislav petrov prevents the outbreak of a nuclear war, understands in time that the message of the approach of american missiles is a system error and recognizes the alarm as false; a south korean passenger plane was shot down throughout the airspace of the soviet union and did not respond to signals. and in volgograd, at the same time, a solemn joyful event , the two millionth tractor rolled off the assembly line of the tractor plant, each engine is of excellent quality of such a law here on the banks of the volga and our today's story took place, girls, far from the city center, but on the side of the roads. in general, this place was not actually illuminated by god forgot.