The Panov family lives in the village of Matkino near Moscow; Mikhail Panov is possessed by jealousy over his wife's past actions; a constant reminder is his daughter, Katya, who is completely different from him, unlike her sister, Lyuba.

Felix wants to meet Katya's parents when they travel to her native village together.

Katya begins her career as a clothing demonstrator in the Fashion House; Elena Vadimovna presents Panov to Sergey Ivanovich Krutsky's deputy Igor Shnyrev; Katya finds out that she is pregnant and reports this to fashion designer Vienna Krotov.

The beauty of a simple country girl Katerina Panova conquered the world.

After the success of the fashion show in Paris, Katya is described as the national treasure of Soviet Russia by adoring newspapers; at the cemetery, Katya learns from Goncharov that he is her real father.

Felix accuses his father of executing hundreds of innocent people; Katya learns that she can never have children, and holds Venya responsible for having advised her to have an abortion before travelling to Paris.