The masterpiece of military prose "Volokolamsk Highway" has been translated into ten languages. It vividly depicts the terrifying days of Moscow’s defense during the Great Patriotic War… The novel was devoured by Ernesto Che Guevara, and Fidel Castro, when asked which of the Second World War heroes he considers his idol, answered without hesitation: “Baurzhan Momysh-Uly is the hero of Alexander Bek’s book ‘Volokolamsk Highway.’”