Nikolai Kurai
Nikolai Ivanovich Gorbunov
Ivan
Gorshenin
University official Vasilyev
Lusya
Tanya
Afonya
Babai
Stepan
Kolyanya
Olimpiada Vasilyevna (as Mari Barabanova)
After serving in the army, Nikolai Semenov, nicknamed Kurai Tumbleweed by his fellow villagers, returns to the fishing collective farm and goes to work as a mechanic on a seiner.