On June 22, 1941, Tatyana Metanova walked out onto the streets of Leningrad wearing a white dress with red roses and was enjoying the summer day. She was in love with an American soldier, a fan of her sister; their love was passionate and happy. But the blockade and her sister changed the course of their fate. "The Bronze Horseman" is a novel by American writer Polina Simons, born in the Soviet Union and moved to the United States as a child. Many years later, she returned to Russia to find materials for a new book and to go through the trials that befell the country during World War II.