Cyclone from the East
7 hrs. 21 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Alexander Tamonikov
Author
Alexander Tamonikov
Narrator
Roman Volkov
Narrator
Roman Volkov
Description
A novel set during wartime—about complex fates and dangerous work of unknown heroes who are included in the elite roster of the “Beria special forces.”
1944. After Stalingrad and the Kursk Bulge, the Germans can no longer advance. Understanding this, Soviet command decides to transfer from the Far East to the western front part of the divisions confronting Japan. The Wehrmacht insists that the allies prevent this redeployment. The Japanese send a diversion group onto our territory with the mission to damage communications and destroy important facilities. The enemy is to be neutralized by a unit led by Major Maksim Shelestov. He develops an unusual plan, realizing that this time he’ll have to sacrifice someone from his own comrades…
This series is good in that it makes a correct central point: in the NKVD of Lavrentiy Beria, they knew how to believe in people—because the commissar himself could believe in them. The story of Major Shelestov’s group is similar to the real story of a major Abwehr agent, former staff-captain of the tsarist army Nelidov, who ended up at Lubyanka in September 1939. Against Nelidov’s background, the adventures of Maksim Shelestov and his comrades described in this novel seem even more plausible.
(S. Kremljov)
Total print run of A. Tamonikov’s books—over 10 million copies.
1944. After Stalingrad and the Kursk Bulge, the Germans can no longer advance. Understanding this, Soviet command decides to transfer from the Far East to the western front part of the divisions confronting Japan. The Wehrmacht insists that the allies prevent this redeployment. The Japanese send a diversion group onto our territory with the mission to damage communications and destroy important facilities. The enemy is to be neutralized by a unit led by Major Maksim Shelestov. He develops an unusual plan, realizing that this time he’ll have to sacrifice someone from his own comrades…
This series is good in that it makes a correct central point: in the NKVD of Lavrentiy Beria, they knew how to believe in people—because the commissar himself could believe in them. The story of Major Shelestov’s group is similar to the real story of a major Abwehr agent, former staff-captain of the tsarist army Nelidov, who ended up at Lubyanka in September 1939. Against Nelidov’s background, the adventures of Maksim Shelestov and his comrades described in this novel seem even more plausible.
(S. Kremljov)
Total print run of A. Tamonikov’s books—over 10 million copies.
