The protagonist of the series "Place of Power" is a modest librarian from a small town named Elena Generalova. Due to a lack of funding, her library is closing down, and the only option left for her is to become a cleaner at the local administration. Meanwhile, elections are approaching in her hometown of Bobry. However, only one candidate is nominated - former head of the administration, Valentin Golubkov. In order to comply with the law, as a formality, they nominate Lena, the cleaner, as a counterbalance to him, knowing she has no chance. But unexpectedly, people start voting for her...