A call received on the mobile phone of Vitaly Dubinin, a middle-level manager stuck in traffic, didn’t distract him much from thoughts about the coming vacation. But everything changed when he realized that at the other end of the line was Joseph Stalin…
What would “the Father of Peoples” say to his contemporary three days before the tragic start of the Great Patriotic War? Could this information reduce losses of the Red Army in a border battle? How would a conversation with the Leader affect the outcome of the confrontation with a ruthless and skillful enemy? And where to find the right words—not only to win the war, but also to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union?