Stories of the Great Patriotic War

Sergey Petrovich Alekseev is a well-known children’s writer, author of numerous works about Russian history, a participant in the Great Patriotic War.

In his stories, there are great battles and simple wartime routines, famous heroes and ordinary defenders of the Motherland, front-line soldiers and workers of the rear, adults and children.

Alekseev managed to find an amazingly accurate tone, to tell about real people in a real war in plain language, to show their courage and resilience, their faith in victory, the pain over fallen friends, and pride in their homeland.

This is precisely the kind of literature that can interest and captivate kids who know about the war only by hearsay, awaken interest in the Great Patriotic War, teach them to be proud of their ancestors, and cultivate patriotism.