Tanya Morozova, an illiterate but industrious textile factory worker, finds happiness through her education and the Stakhanovite movement. She becomes a shock labourer and ascends through the Party ranks, ultimately being elected as a member of the Supreme Soviet.
Tatyana Ivanovna "Tanya" Morozova
Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
Mariya Sergeyevna Pronina
Pyotr Ustinich Taldykin
Agrafena, the funny-looking weaver
Klava
Nikolai Zubkov, factory foreman
Kurnakov, chief foreman
Dorokhov, factory director
Blond Secretary
Tatyana Ivanovna "Tanya" Morozova
Aleksei Nikolaevich Lebedev
Mariya Sergeyevna Pronina
Pyotr Ustinich Taldykin
Agrafena, the funny-looking weaver
Klava
Nikolai Zubkov, factory foreman
Kurnakov, chief foreman
Dorokhov, factory director
Blond Secretary