This story began as the marriage of a dashing guy and a great worker. The guy died, and the worker became Gertrude. After all, Gertruds in the Soviet Union were called heroes of socialist labor. And if they received this hero star twice, then monuments were erected to them in the places where they were born. This is how this legend came about. The complex story of the bronze monument and the living woman to whom it was erected unfolds against the backdrop of real historical events that interfere with the life of an ordinary village. As one would expect, the monument was destroyed, and the woman was expelled from her native place. But who said that this story had to have a happy ending?