The Penal Soldier's Last Battle

A new book by the author of bestsellers “Commander of a Penal Company,” “A Penal Man from a Tank Company,” and “Penal Man, Tanker, Condemned to Death.”

The end of the front-line journey of a Soviet tanker. He has been at the front since summer of 1941. He burned in his tank more than once, escaped from encirclements, “atone d for his guilt with blood” in a penal company—and the nickname “Penal Man,” given to him by an overly vigilant political officer, stuck with him until the end of the war, which didn’t even end with the fall of Berlin. Above the Reichstag, a red flag is already flying; victory salutes are roaring—but he still has one last, the hardest battle ahead: for Prague… What could be more terrifying than dying on Victory Day? What is it like not to bow to shells and “Faustpatrons” on May 9, 1945? Who will be the last to fall in the Great Patriotic War? Could it be him?.. Survive, soldier! Please, survive! Because you deserve it…