Stalingrad is a banner of Russian valor and a symbol of catastrophe for German militarism. The victory torn from the enemy, which cost the Red Army enormous losses—because in the meat grinder of the fighting for the city, from full-strength regiments only a few dozen men remained… The same was true for the 282nd NKVD regiment, which on August 23 blocked the way into the city for Paulus’s 16th Panzer Division. And it is precisely into this regiment that Senior Lieutenant Samsonov is sent—once again forced to stake his own life. Will he be able to return—to his family and the beloved whom he saved? Or has Roma gone too far in this deadly game?..