Stories About Heroes of the Great Patriotic War

Before you is a true anthology of the Great Patriotic War in names and faces. Ten chapters reflect both individual military episodes and fateful operations. You will learn about all the main battles, about the actions of all branches of the armed forces, and about the Marshals of the Soviet Union who commanded the fronts… And also about pilot Pyotr Pokryshev in the sky over Leningrad, and about the great ascetic in exile, Bishop and professor of purulent surgery Vo jno-Yasenetsky… About the fearless submariner Magomed Gadzhiev—a highlander from Dagestan—and about the Yakut Fyodor Popov, who was among the first to force the Dnieper… About teenagers—young fighters, partisans, and those who worked in the rear together with their mothers… These are truthful stories about the feat of Soviet people, about heroes who defended their native land, about love for the Fatherland and faith in their people. The author believes that children must know about the war and always remember that they are heirs to the Great Victory.