The book includes memoirs about the war of 1812 from participants in the fighting. Fyodor Nikolayevich Glinka (1786–1880) is a well-known literary figure of the first quarter of the 19th century, a participant in the Patriotic War of 1812, and editor of the “Military Journal.” As an aide to General Miloradovich, Glinka took part in virtually all battles of the war against Napoleon. Nadezhda Andreevna Durova (1783–1866), better known as the “cavalry maiden,” was the first woman-officer in Russian history who traveled the combat path during the era of the Napoleonic Wars. In midlife she began writing memoirs and, as A. S. Pushkin said, “held the pen just as firmly as before the saber.” Denis Vasilyevich Davydov (1784–1839) is a poet and writer of the second quarter of the 19th century, one of the most famous and beloved heroes of the war of 1812. Colonel Davydov approached Bagration with a proposal to create a partisan unit. Davydov’s hussar detachment carried out daring raids on the enemy’s troops, which became the basis for his memoirs. General Aleksei Petrovich Ermolov (1777–1861) is one of the best-known participants in the war of 1812. “Your feats,” A. S. Pushkin wrote, “are the property of the Fatherland, and your glory belongs to Russia.”