War from the Back Door

2 hrs. 31 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Yury Nagibin

Narrator krokik

Description

Yuri Nagibin is a classic of Russian literature and an unsurpassed artist whose refined prose delighted his contemporaries and has not lost its charm today. During the war, Yuri Nagibin went to the front. His knowledge of German decided his fate—he was assigned to the VII section of the PU of the Volkhov Front. There he not only had to carry out his direct duties, but also had to fight with weapons in hand and work his way out of encirclement. All the impressions and observations of front-line life later became part of his military stories…