The main hero of “Snowy Winters” is a prominent agronomist expert Ivan Vasilyevich Antonyuk, who commanded a partisan brigade during the war. A writer noticed him when he was already retired—so to speak, out of work. The truth is, he retired early and not by his own will: he was “sent away,” removed from his post as a “grass-field cultivator.” It would have been natural for him to be offended, wall himself off from the world, close in on himself. But this man is not like that. It is not the feeling of personal grievance that drives his behavior, but the desire to take part in a great cause and an active life position.