An exploration of “virgin soil” in Kazakhstan through the stories of a party worker, a agronomist, and the director of a state farm.

Sergey Shakurov
Sechkin

Valeri Ryzhakov
Eroshin

Ernst Romanov
Ignatiev

Nikolay Eryomenko
Vedenin

Idris Nogajbayev
Kemelov

Natalya Arinbasarova
Sataeva

Anatoliy Azo
Kopernik

Asanali Ashimov
Aikenov

Nurzhuman Ihtymbaev
Murataliev

Leonid Dyachkov
Kalashnikov

Ivan Agafonov
Korovin

Evgeni Burenkov
Kasianov

Lyubov Polekhina
Sechkina

Amina Umurzakova
elderly peasant woman

Svetlana Kharitonova
aunt Vera