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How the steel was tempered in the Great Patriotic War
About the project
The state Museum and cultural center "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky, the Literary and Memorial Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Sochi and the Novorossiysk Historical Museum-reserve present a project dedicated to the stories of soldiers and to the books by Nikolay Ostrovsky who passed the Great Patriotic War together.
The events of the Great Patriotic War are fading into history. It has been 78 years since it ended, but the grief it brought has not yet been forgotten.
The events of the Great Patriotic War are fading into history. It has been 78 years since it ended, but the grief it brought has not yet been forgotten.
The people's war refuted the well-known aphorism that during a period of deadly threat, the muses fall silent. No war has ever felt such a need for literature and art, as in the years of the struggle against fascism. Especially popular were those works that sounded the theme of the Motherland, its history, national traditions and true courage.
Book-fighter
Books by Nikolay Ostrovsky became manuals of courage for those who sought and found support in the most difficult moments of their lives. The generation that had to go to war after the graduation looked up to the hero of the novel "How the steel was tempered" — Pavel Korchagin. Such character traits as deep love for their Homeland, a willingness to give their lives for it, and the ability not to bend under the weight of the most terrible circumstances were close and conformable to that generation.
We will tell you about the books that stood in the same line with the defenders of the Motherland. Stories about the fate of books are accompanied by letters from fighters about fierce battles, extraordinary selflessness and heroic deeds. Perhaps the works of Nikolay Ostrovsky were so close to the audience also because the fact that readers knew that behind the bravery of literary heroes was the true, non-fictional courage of their author.
Now the site contains publications from the collections of the Nikolay Ostrovsky museums in Moscow and Sochi, and the Novorossiysk Historical Museum-reserve. There are books that were read in trenches, dugouts, on warships, behind enemy lines, and in hospitals. Many copies have preserved commemorative inscriptions of their owners, names or numbers of military units... Maybe one of these books was read by your grandparents during the War?
We will tell you about the books that stood in the same line with the defenders of the Motherland. Stories about the fate of books are accompanied by letters from fighters about fierce battles, extraordinary selflessness and heroic deeds. Perhaps the works of Nikolay Ostrovsky were so close to the audience also because the fact that readers knew that behind the bravery of literary heroes was the true, non-fictional courage of their author.
Now the site contains publications from the collections of the Nikolay Ostrovsky museums in Moscow and Sochi, and the Novorossiysk Historical Museum-reserve. There are books that were read in trenches, dugouts, on warships, behind enemy lines, and in hospitals. Many copies have preserved commemorative inscriptions of their owners, names or numbers of military units... Maybe one of these books was read by your grandparents during the War?
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How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1968
From Vladimir Ivanovich Peshkov
This book was given to Vladimir Peshkov by his mother in February 1936. He went to war with it.
"Maybe under the impression of this book ("How the steel was tempered") or because of that special time, but most likely both, I voluntarily went to the front in 1941 at the age of 16. From the very beginning of my service in the Red Army this book has always been with me… The book visited with me besieged Odessa and Sevastopol. It had to land on the Kerch Peninsula, pass through the Main Caucasian ridge. It walked along the dusty roads of the Stavropol territory and Kuban. It rode with the Cossack unit across the expanses of Ukraine. It was with me when we were liberating fraternal peoples from fascist enslavers, and it saw the cities and villages of Romania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.
When I went into battle, I always took it with me along with ammunition. It was like a talisman for me in battle and a healing for me on vacation. Wherever I started to reread this book, a circle of fighters gathered right away. It was listened to with equal interest both at halts and in the trenches. The pain of my wounds became less when I read it to my fellow patients in hospitals. This particular copy of "How the steel was tempered" was read and listened to by more than three thousand people…"
The book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Vladimir Ivanovich Peshkov
This book was given to Vladimir Peshkov by his mother in February 1936. He went to war with it.
"Maybe under the impression of this book ("How the steel was tempered") or because of that special time, but most likely both, I voluntarily went to the front in 1941 at the age of 16. From the very beginning of my service in the Red Army this book has always been with me… The book visited with me besieged Odessa and Sevastopol. It had to land on the Kerch Peninsula, pass through the Main Caucasian ridge. It walked along the dusty roads of the Stavropol territory and Kuban. It rode with the Cossack unit across the expanses of Ukraine. It was with me when we were liberating fraternal peoples from fascist enslavers, and it saw the cities and villages of Romania, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia.
When I went into battle, I always took it with me along with ammunition. It was like a talisman for me in battle and a healing for me on vacation. Wherever I started to reread this book, a circle of fighters gathered right away. It was listened to with equal interest both at halts and in the trenches. The pain of my wounds became less when I read it to my fellow patients in hospitals. This particular copy of "How the steel was tempered" was read and listened to by more than three thousand people…"
The book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
From E. K. Kukureka, the daughter of K. V. KukarekaGot to the Museum in 2005
K. V. Kukareka was a Komsomol member of the 1920s, who in 1938-1939 studied at Academy named after Timiryazev in Moscow, a participant in the Great Patriotic war, died at the front. His military documents are kept in the Krasnodar Museum-reserve. The inscription was made on the day of the writer's death.
"In memory of my best friend Polina Kukareka
from K. V. Kukareka
Let the way of life and struggle of the author of this book be at least a little similar to our common struggle for a better life in the present and future
K. Kukareka
22. XII-1936"
The book is in the literary and memorial Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Sochi
K. V. Kukareka was a Komsomol member of the 1920s, who in 1938-1939 studied at Academy named after Timiryazev in Moscow, a participant in the Great Patriotic war, died at the front. His military documents are kept in the Krasnodar Museum-reserve. The inscription was made on the day of the writer's death.
"In memory of my best friend Polina Kukareka
from K. V. Kukareka
Let the way of life and struggle of the author of this book be at least a little similar to our common struggle for a better life in the present and future
K. Kukareka
22. XII-1936"
The book is in the literary and memorial Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Sochi
How the steel was tempered
From V. A. Gall-Savalskaya
Got to the Museum in 1958
"To the good and long memory for a little girl Vera from her mother
Yaroslavl24th / IV 37"
"I have been saving this book for 13 years. The best moments of my life are connected with it. In 1940, it was with me on the Karelian Isthmus during the war with the White Finns. During the Great Patriotic war, it was with me in Ukraine, in burning Stalingrad, under the "blue line" in the Caucasus. It was like a loyal friend to me, like an assistant. And the name of Nikolay Ostrovsky is as dear to me as Stalin and the Motherland!
V. A. Gall-Savalskaya
Sochi, 1950»
The book is in the literary and memorial Museum of N. Ostrovsky in Sochi
Got to the Museum in 1958
"To the good and long memory for a little girl Vera from her mother
Yaroslavl24th / IV 37"
"I have been saving this book for 13 years. The best moments of my life are connected with it. In 1940, it was with me on the Karelian Isthmus during the war with the White Finns. During the Great Patriotic war, it was with me in Ukraine, in burning Stalingrad, under the "blue line" in the Caucasus. It was like a loyal friend to me, like an assistant. And the name of Nikolay Ostrovsky is as dear to me as Stalin and the Motherland!
V. A. Gall-Savalskaya
Sochi, 1950»
The book is in the literary and memorial Museum of N. Ostrovsky in Sochi
How the steel was tempered
Got into the museum in 1981
From I.M. Raznatovsky
"Accept as a gift a copy of the book "How the Steel was Tempered", published in besieged Leningrad, in 1942.
This book was given to me by my father, who was at that time a military doctor.
An interesting thing happened, because through this copy not only I, but also my children in the first time got acquainted with the life of Pavel Korchagin, although they already had other opportunities to do so. It is difficult now to describe the influence of this book on me at that distant time, because I'm just afraid to get off on the wrong tone. One thing is certain – reading such a book could not pass without a trace for a teenager who found himself in extremely difficult circumstances of life, similar to those in which the heroes of Nikolay Ostrovsky's book lived and acted.
Life in besieged Leningrad, as I now understand, had an important feature: every citizen did everything he could for the city and Victory in accordance with age, knowledge, position, etc. Exactly, everything they could!
I.Raznatovsky".
The book is in the Literary Memorial Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Sochi
From I.M. Raznatovsky
"Accept as a gift a copy of the book "How the Steel was Tempered", published in besieged Leningrad, in 1942.
This book was given to me by my father, who was at that time a military doctor.
An interesting thing happened, because through this copy not only I, but also my children in the first time got acquainted with the life of Pavel Korchagin, although they already had other opportunities to do so. It is difficult now to describe the influence of this book on me at that distant time, because I'm just afraid to get off on the wrong tone. One thing is certain – reading such a book could not pass without a trace for a teenager who found himself in extremely difficult circumstances of life, similar to those in which the heroes of Nikolay Ostrovsky's book lived and acted.
Life in besieged Leningrad, as I now understand, had an important feature: every citizen did everything he could for the city and Victory in accordance with age, knowledge, position, etc. Exactly, everything they could!
I.Raznatovsky".
The book is in the Literary Memorial Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Sochi
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1981
From Tamara Petrovna Zavodchikova
In 1981, on the Leningrad radio, there was made a request to the residents of the city: "Who owns the book by Nikolay Ostrovsky "How the steel was tempered" of the 1942 edition, please, inform us and, if possible, send one copy to the writer's Museum in Moscow."
Tamara Petrovna Zavodchikova responded to this appeal and gave the Museum a copy of the novel from the personal library of her father - Zavodchikov Pyotr Alekseevich. The family survived the siege of Leningrad, preserving the library.
Peter Zavodchikov (1894-1976) - Colonel of engineering troops, Commander of a battalion of mine detectors.
In the spring of 1942, the battalion of Pyotr Zavodchikov was replenished with experienced trainers. During the breakout of the siege of Leningrad in 1943, the battalion's dog handlers took 1,800 wounded people from the front line and delivered dozens of tons of various cargo to the front line. In 1943, the attack of our troops on all fronts began, and there was an urgent need for continuous demining. Lieutenant Colonel Zavodchikov suggested organizing the training of dogs in the mine-search service for which he was later awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree and the Order of the Red Banner.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Tamara Petrovna Zavodchikova
In 1981, on the Leningrad radio, there was made a request to the residents of the city: "Who owns the book by Nikolay Ostrovsky "How the steel was tempered" of the 1942 edition, please, inform us and, if possible, send one copy to the writer's Museum in Moscow."
Tamara Petrovna Zavodchikova responded to this appeal and gave the Museum a copy of the novel from the personal library of her father - Zavodchikov Pyotr Alekseevich. The family survived the siege of Leningrad, preserving the library.
Peter Zavodchikov (1894-1976) - Colonel of engineering troops, Commander of a battalion of mine detectors.
In the spring of 1942, the battalion of Pyotr Zavodchikov was replenished with experienced trainers. During the breakout of the siege of Leningrad in 1943, the battalion's dog handlers took 1,800 wounded people from the front line and delivered dozens of tons of various cargo to the front line. In 1943, the attack of our troops on all fronts began, and there was an urgent need for continuous demining. Lieutenant Colonel Zavodchikov suggested organizing the training of dogs in the mine-search service for which he was later awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree and the Order of the Red Banner.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1945
From the Leningrad branch of the Central Museum of Vladimir Lenin, now called the Museum of "Raznochinny Petersburg"
In may 1942, in the besieged Leningrad, the Printing House No. 2 named after Yevgenia Sokolova was reopened. Among the first book orders that the team of the printing house had to work on was the book by Nikolay Ostrovsky "How the steel was tempered".
This edition of the novel was published in 10,000 copies.
Alexander Ivanovich Efremov was a printer who worked on the order. Due to frequent power outages, the printing press often had to be driven manually. The order was completed in October 1942 and almost completely sent to the front.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From the Leningrad branch of the Central Museum of Vladimir Lenin, now called the Museum of "Raznochinny Petersburg"
In may 1942, in the besieged Leningrad, the Printing House No. 2 named after Yevgenia Sokolova was reopened. Among the first book orders that the team of the printing house had to work on was the book by Nikolay Ostrovsky "How the steel was tempered".
This edition of the novel was published in 10,000 copies.
Alexander Ivanovich Efremov was a printer who worked on the order. Due to frequent power outages, the printing press often had to be driven manually. The order was completed in October 1942 and almost completely sent to the front.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
Got to the museum in 1943
From V.I. Chuikov
The inscription on the book:
"To the Central Committee of the Komsomol, my sincere admiration for the new generation of "Korchagins"…Our descendants will never forget the greatness of the spirit and the fabulous fortress of Komsomol hearts."
V. Chuikov
Commander of the 62nd Army.
Stalingrad, 1943
Chuikov Vasily Ivanovich
In May 1942, Vasiliy Chuikov was withdrawn from China and appointed deputy commander of the reserve army located in the Tula region. At the beginning of July 1942, this army was renamed the 64th and transferred to the Stalingrad Front. By September 12, 1942, the situation at the front of the 62nd and 64th Soviet armies had become critical. Retreating under the onslaught of the enemy, the units departed to the lines of 2-10 km. from the outskirts of Stalingrad.
On the same day, Vasily Chuikov became the commander of the 62nd army, receiving the task of defending the city at any cost. In the most critical days of the Stalingrad fight, Chuikov's troops were not only able to withstand continuous battles, but also took quite an active part in the defeat of the encircled group of German troops at the final stage of the fight. The defense of Stalingrad lasted 200 terrible and bloody days and nights.
Chuikov never retreated and never surrendered to anyone, he was always on the front line, for which he was respected by ordinary soldiers. He was under bombing and shelling together with his army. Chuikov's fame came precisely in Stalingrad. He owns the legendary words "There is no land for us beyond the Volga!". The soldiers called Chuikov "General Storm" because he perfected the tactics of assault groups and street fighting. The Red Army soldiers penetrated from the ruins and underground tunnels to the rear of the Fascists and delivered unexpected blows. This experience was later used in the storming of other cities, including Berlin.
The book is in the funds of the museum "Integration" named after N.A. Ostrovsky.
From V.I. Chuikov
The inscription on the book:
"To the Central Committee of the Komsomol, my sincere admiration for the new generation of "Korchagins"…Our descendants will never forget the greatness of the spirit and the fabulous fortress of Komsomol hearts."
V. Chuikov
Commander of the 62nd Army.
Stalingrad, 1943
Chuikov Vasily Ivanovich
In May 1942, Vasiliy Chuikov was withdrawn from China and appointed deputy commander of the reserve army located in the Tula region. At the beginning of July 1942, this army was renamed the 64th and transferred to the Stalingrad Front. By September 12, 1942, the situation at the front of the 62nd and 64th Soviet armies had become critical. Retreating under the onslaught of the enemy, the units departed to the lines of 2-10 km. from the outskirts of Stalingrad.
On the same day, Vasily Chuikov became the commander of the 62nd army, receiving the task of defending the city at any cost. In the most critical days of the Stalingrad fight, Chuikov's troops were not only able to withstand continuous battles, but also took quite an active part in the defeat of the encircled group of German troops at the final stage of the fight. The defense of Stalingrad lasted 200 terrible and bloody days and nights.
Chuikov never retreated and never surrendered to anyone, he was always on the front line, for which he was respected by ordinary soldiers. He was under bombing and shelling together with his army. Chuikov's fame came precisely in Stalingrad. He owns the legendary words "There is no land for us beyond the Volga!". The soldiers called Chuikov "General Storm" because he perfected the tactics of assault groups and street fighting. The Red Army soldiers penetrated from the ruins and underground tunnels to the rear of the Fascists and delivered unexpected blows. This experience was later used in the storming of other cities, including Berlin.
The book is in the funds of the museum "Integration" named after N.A. Ostrovsky.
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1970
From V.D. Kirillov
From the letter of V.D. Kirillov:
"Dear museum staff!
I am sending you the second volume of the works by Nikolay Ostrovsky, published in 1938
("Born of the Storm") and a short story "Book and feats".
In the story, I set a goal to show and reflect those main episodes that were related only to the books "How the Steel was Tempered" and "Born of the Storm" during the difficult days of the Battle of Stalingrad.
Everything described in the story was true.
The story ended with the time when I, along with our tank regiment, followed the Western Front. After the Western Front, in 1944, I left for Moscow to serve in Long-range Aviation. After that, I served in aviation units and formations: on the Volga, in the Far East, in Ukraine, and for the last four years - in the distant and harsh Arctic.
The second volume of Nikolay Ostrovsky's works ("Born of the Storm"), which I had kept since the Stalingrad Front, was with me everywhere. For the thirty-second year I have not been separated from it. Over the years, many of my friends and comrades in the service have read the book.
Several times the book was lost, but, obviously, by the will of fate, each time I found it again.
And I say, "This is a lucky book."
And if we consider the history of the book's difficult path and that over these many years it has inspired many to feats and to life, then of course this volume deserves to be a worthy exhibit of the museum of the writer Nikolay Ostrovsky.
I say goodbye to the book as to my closest friend, but with a calm soul I send it to the museum, hoping that it will be preserved there and will bring many more benefits to our descendants.
Sincerely yours, Viktor Dmitrievich Kirillov.
September, 1970
Voronezh"
The book is in the funds of the museum "Integration" named after N.A. Ostrovsky.
From V.D. Kirillov
From the letter of V.D. Kirillov:
"Dear museum staff!
I am sending you the second volume of the works by Nikolay Ostrovsky, published in 1938
("Born of the Storm") and a short story "Book and feats".
In the story, I set a goal to show and reflect those main episodes that were related only to the books "How the Steel was Tempered" and "Born of the Storm" during the difficult days of the Battle of Stalingrad.
Everything described in the story was true.
The story ended with the time when I, along with our tank regiment, followed the Western Front. After the Western Front, in 1944, I left for Moscow to serve in Long-range Aviation. After that, I served in aviation units and formations: on the Volga, in the Far East, in Ukraine, and for the last four years - in the distant and harsh Arctic.
The second volume of Nikolay Ostrovsky's works ("Born of the Storm"), which I had kept since the Stalingrad Front, was with me everywhere. For the thirty-second year I have not been separated from it. Over the years, many of my friends and comrades in the service have read the book.
Several times the book was lost, but, obviously, by the will of fate, each time I found it again.
And I say, "This is a lucky book."
And if we consider the history of the book's difficult path and that over these many years it has inspired many to feats and to life, then of course this volume deserves to be a worthy exhibit of the museum of the writer Nikolay Ostrovsky.
I say goodbye to the book as to my closest friend, but with a calm soul I send it to the museum, hoping that it will be preserved there and will bring many more benefits to our descendants.
Sincerely yours, Viktor Dmitrievich Kirillov.
September, 1970
Voronezh"
The book is in the funds of the museum "Integration" named after N.A. Ostrovsky.
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1947
From Komsomol members of the Stalingrad metallurgical factory of Order of Lenin "Red October"
The inscription on the book states:"This book has been in the library of the Krasnooktyabrsky district since the library was established in 1944. It was read by dozens of young workers of the "Red October" factory, who were brought up on the immortal exploits of Pavel Korchagin, and who then performed heroic feats on the labor front during the restoration of the "Red October" factory destroyed by the German invaders.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Komsomol members of the Stalingrad metallurgical factory of Order of Lenin "Red October"
The inscription on the book states:"This book has been in the library of the Krasnooktyabrsky district since the library was established in 1944. It was read by dozens of young workers of the "Red October" factory, who were brought up on the immortal exploits of Pavel Korchagin, and who then performed heroic feats on the labor front during the restoration of the "Red October" factory destroyed by the German invaders.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1946
From Alexander Zemnukhov
"A book to remember to the Nikolay Ostrovsky Museum from the guards anti-aircraft gunners of the Captain Degtyarev guard division. This is the book, which passed with us the way from the Oryol to the West Bank of the Vistula river. This book was read and reread many times by the entire personnel of the unit, among which there are many followers of Pavel Korchagin, many of them earned the title of guards and awarded government awards.
On behalf of the staff of Captain Degtyarev Battery.
11.08.1944
The paragraph says: "I Wish everyone to read this book.
Katya H".
The Book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Alexander Zemnukhov
"A book to remember to the Nikolay Ostrovsky Museum from the guards anti-aircraft gunners of the Captain Degtyarev guard division. This is the book, which passed with us the way from the Oryol to the West Bank of the Vistula river. This book was read and reread many times by the entire personnel of the unit, among which there are many followers of Pavel Korchagin, many of them earned the title of guards and awarded government awards.
On behalf of the staff of Captain Degtyarev Battery.
11.08.1944
The paragraph says: "I Wish everyone to read this book.
Katya H".
The Book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
From N.D. Aralovets
On the book page there is a note:
"This book by Nikolay Ostrovsky, "How the Steel was Tempered," not only me and my daughter Natasha read with bated breath, but we also tried to give it to as many Soviet readers as possible, mainly young people. It went through the hands of collective farmers and tractor drivers all in Kazakhstan and it was read aloud by field fires in the evenings as the best book, so it did not look very neat now. This is the reason why we appreciate it even more.
From N.D. Aralovets - mother of Hero of the Soviet Union Natasha Kovshova"
The book is in the Literary Memorial Museum of N. Ostrovsky in Sochi
On the book page there is a note:
"This book by Nikolay Ostrovsky, "How the Steel was Tempered," not only me and my daughter Natasha read with bated breath, but we also tried to give it to as many Soviet readers as possible, mainly young people. It went through the hands of collective farmers and tractor drivers all in Kazakhstan and it was read aloud by field fires in the evenings as the best book, so it did not look very neat now. This is the reason why we appreciate it even more.
From N.D. Aralovets - mother of Hero of the Soviet Union Natasha Kovshova"
The book is in the Literary Memorial Museum of N. Ostrovsky in Sochi
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1944
From the guards-anti-aircraft gunners of the captain Degtyarev guard division
"A book to remember to the Nikolay Ostrovsky Museum from the guards anti-aircraft gunners of the Captain Degtyarev guard division. This is the book, which passed with us the way from the Oryol to the West Bank of the Vistula river. This book was read and reread many times by the entire personnel of the unit, among which there are many followers of Pavel Korchagin, many of them earned the title of guards and awarded government awards.
On behalf of the staff of Captain Degtyarev Battery.
11.08.1944
The paragraph says: "I Wish everyone to read this book.
Katya H".
The Book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From the guards-anti-aircraft gunners of the captain Degtyarev guard division
"A book to remember to the Nikolay Ostrovsky Museum from the guards anti-aircraft gunners of the Captain Degtyarev guard division. This is the book, which passed with us the way from the Oryol to the West Bank of the Vistula river. This book was read and reread many times by the entire personnel of the unit, among which there are many followers of Pavel Korchagin, many of them earned the title of guards and awarded government awards.
On behalf of the staff of Captain Degtyarev Battery.
11.08.1944
The paragraph says: "I Wish everyone to read this book.
Katya H".
The Book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1945
From Vladimir Semyonovich Boytsov
"With this book, Komsomol members and youth of our front units marched from Vitebsk to East Prussia, to the lair of the fascist beast. It was our faithful companion in the stubborn battles that our front fought with the German-fascist invaders. The book accompanied us in all the difficult campaigns, shared with us the grief and joy of the hard and harsh front-line life.
In April 1944, a conversation was held among the Komsomol snipers who were on the front lines, " Komsomolets! Be like Pavel Korchagin." In the conversation, they were given some characteristics of the content of the book "How the steel was tempered", they were told about the greatness of the feats of Pavel Korchagin.
The conversation deeply moved the young fighters. Sniper Komsomolets Stanozol said after a conversation: "I'll beat the enemy like Korchagin!". Stanozol kept his promise. He destroyed more than two dozen Nazis and was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3-rd degree and the medal "For Bravery".
There are traces of blood on the cover of the book in the upper-left corner. They are already erased. But they will constantly remind us of the image of the Komsomol member Fedotov Fyodor Grigoryevich, who fell in battle with the Germans on December 16, 1944. The book at the time of Fedotov's death was in his duffel bag. Even in a combat situation, he read and saved it.
Assistant to the head of the political Department for the Komsomol of the military unit, field mail 92829-A
Captain Boytsov
May 15, 1945"
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Vladimir Semyonovich Boytsov
"With this book, Komsomol members and youth of our front units marched from Vitebsk to East Prussia, to the lair of the fascist beast. It was our faithful companion in the stubborn battles that our front fought with the German-fascist invaders. The book accompanied us in all the difficult campaigns, shared with us the grief and joy of the hard and harsh front-line life.
In April 1944, a conversation was held among the Komsomol snipers who were on the front lines, " Komsomolets! Be like Pavel Korchagin." In the conversation, they were given some characteristics of the content of the book "How the steel was tempered", they were told about the greatness of the feats of Pavel Korchagin.
The conversation deeply moved the young fighters. Sniper Komsomolets Stanozol said after a conversation: "I'll beat the enemy like Korchagin!". Stanozol kept his promise. He destroyed more than two dozen Nazis and was awarded the Order of Glory of the 3-rd degree and the medal "For Bravery".
There are traces of blood on the cover of the book in the upper-left corner. They are already erased. But they will constantly remind us of the image of the Komsomol member Fedotov Fyodor Grigoryevich, who fell in battle with the Germans on December 16, 1944. The book at the time of Fedotov's death was in his duffel bag. Even in a combat situation, he read and saved it.
Assistant to the head of the political Department for the Komsomol of the military unit, field mail 92829-A
Captain Boytsov
May 15, 1945"
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
Born of the storm
Got to the Museum in 1945
From Medvedev, Komsomol organizer of the 7349 unit
This publication was sent to the front in 1944 by Raisa Ostrovskaya, the wife of Nikolay Ostrovsky. Before sending it, she pasted 2 sheets with words of support to the fighters into the book.
On may 22, 1945, the book returned to the Museum from Western Pomerania with its battle history: there were traces of blood on the cover.
"Dear friends, avenge the blood of our beloved friend Anatoly Zabrodsky. R. Narev, Poland.
He was reading this book in the dugout, suddenly there was an alarm, and the battle began, he commanded the battery with the book in his hands. On this day, Anatoly's battery burned 8 enemy tanks. When he died, he held the book in his hands…"
A page from the diary of the head of the political Department, Major V Samokhin, was pasted into the book.
"January 14, 1945. I did not have time to finish Reading Nikolay Ostrovsky's book "Born of the storm" because I received an order to make my way to the rear of the enemy. I know that there will be many difficulties and hardships on the way, but by having read the books "How the steel was tempered" and "Born of the storm" earlier, I realize in what difficult conditions the characters of the novel have worked and fought, and it inspires me and I am not afraid of difficulties.
January 20, 1945 I am deep behind enemy lines. I have finished reading the book "Born of the storm". It is my battle companion. Combat conditions do not allow each soldier and officer to read this book individually, they read it collectively. And they listen to it with extra attention, the book calls us to the feat. We will win! The enemy will be defeated! "
The Book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Medvedev, Komsomol organizer of the 7349 unit
This publication was sent to the front in 1944 by Raisa Ostrovskaya, the wife of Nikolay Ostrovsky. Before sending it, she pasted 2 sheets with words of support to the fighters into the book.
On may 22, 1945, the book returned to the Museum from Western Pomerania with its battle history: there were traces of blood on the cover.
"Dear friends, avenge the blood of our beloved friend Anatoly Zabrodsky. R. Narev, Poland.
He was reading this book in the dugout, suddenly there was an alarm, and the battle began, he commanded the battery with the book in his hands. On this day, Anatoly's battery burned 8 enemy tanks. When he died, he held the book in his hands…"
A page from the diary of the head of the political Department, Major V Samokhin, was pasted into the book.
"January 14, 1945. I did not have time to finish Reading Nikolay Ostrovsky's book "Born of the storm" because I received an order to make my way to the rear of the enemy. I know that there will be many difficulties and hardships on the way, but by having read the books "How the steel was tempered" and "Born of the storm" earlier, I realize in what difficult conditions the characters of the novel have worked and fought, and it inspires me and I am not afraid of difficulties.
January 20, 1945 I am deep behind enemy lines. I have finished reading the book "Born of the storm". It is my battle companion. Combat conditions do not allow each soldier and officer to read this book individually, they read it collectively. And they listen to it with extra attention, the book calls us to the feat. We will win! The enemy will be defeated! "
The Book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
Born of the storm
Got to the Museum in 2004
From Tamara Mikhailovna Nemchinova
The book belonged to Mikhail Ivanovich Nemchinov (1916-1993).
After being conscripted on July 10, 1941, he took the book to the front with him. Mikhail Ivanovich served in the Pavlovsk District conscription office of the Gorky region in the 1st separate mortar battalion of the 624th artillery regiment as a "specialist of wheeled vehicles" (according to the military ticket). According to the memoirs of his daughter, he was the driver of the tank "Katyusha". In 1985, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Tamara Mikhailovna Nemchinova
The book belonged to Mikhail Ivanovich Nemchinov (1916-1993).
After being conscripted on July 10, 1941, he took the book to the front with him. Mikhail Ivanovich served in the Pavlovsk District conscription office of the Gorky region in the 1st separate mortar battalion of the 624th artillery regiment as a "specialist of wheeled vehicles" (according to the military ticket). According to the memoirs of his daughter, he was the driver of the tank "Katyusha". In 1985, he was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1944
From Komsomol members of the 2nd Novgorod artillery regiment
The book was in the Novgorod regiment and went with it on the Volkhov front in 1943-1944.
Inscription on the book: "On the day of the 40th anniversary of the birth of Nikolay Ostrovsky, the Komsomol members of the 2nd Novgorod Artillery regiment send you this book, which has passed a long battle path with us. This book taught us to love our country, to hate its enemies; it taught us the fearlessness and courage with which Nikolay Ostrovsky defended the honour and freedom of our country on the fronts of the Civil war".
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Komsomol members of the 2nd Novgorod artillery regiment
The book was in the Novgorod regiment and went with it on the Volkhov front in 1943-1944.
Inscription on the book: "On the day of the 40th anniversary of the birth of Nikolay Ostrovsky, the Komsomol members of the 2nd Novgorod Artillery regiment send you this book, which has passed a long battle path with us. This book taught us to love our country, to hate its enemies; it taught us the fearlessness and courage with which Nikolay Ostrovsky defended the honour and freedom of our country on the fronts of the Civil war".
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
Speeches. Articles. Letters
Got to the Museum in 1945
From V. Samokhin, Head of the political Department, Major
In 1944, Raisa Ostrovskaya, the wife of Nikolai Ostrovsky, sent this book to the front. On May 6, 1945, the publication returned to the Museum from the German city of Rostock.
The front-line soldiers left notes in the book and pasted in sheets describing the combat path: "The Great Patriotic spirit, selfless devotion and boundless love for our Motherland – this is what Nikolay Ostrovsky's book is filled with. It calls to fight, inspires to feats. We, Komsomol soldiers, read it before the last offensive of our troops. The great image of the ardent patriot called us forward to the complete defeat of the hated enemy; called us to victory. We boldly rushed into battle. We were not deterred by the wide river Oder, nor by the storm of enemy artillery fire. The cause for which Ostrovsky "burned down" was defended by us from the accursed German-fascist hordes. We read this glorious book by our favorite writer Nikolay Ostrovsky with great excitement.
A total of 224 people read the book"
The book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From V. Samokhin, Head of the political Department, Major
In 1944, Raisa Ostrovskaya, the wife of Nikolai Ostrovsky, sent this book to the front. On May 6, 1945, the publication returned to the Museum from the German city of Rostock.
The front-line soldiers left notes in the book and pasted in sheets describing the combat path: "The Great Patriotic spirit, selfless devotion and boundless love for our Motherland – this is what Nikolay Ostrovsky's book is filled with. It calls to fight, inspires to feats. We, Komsomol soldiers, read it before the last offensive of our troops. The great image of the ardent patriot called us forward to the complete defeat of the hated enemy; called us to victory. We boldly rushed into battle. We were not deterred by the wide river Oder, nor by the storm of enemy artillery fire. The cause for which Ostrovsky "burned down" was defended by us from the accursed German-fascist hordes. We read this glorious book by our favorite writer Nikolay Ostrovsky with great excitement.
A total of 224 people read the book"
The book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
From Semyon ZimringGot to the Museum in 1948
"As a gift to the Sochi Museum of Nikoly Ostrovsky from a former front-line soldier, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Komsomol member Semyon Zimring.
May 7, 1948, Leningrad".
"It was spring 1944… We liberated the city of Nikolaev, but many gave their lives for it, among them was a Komsomol member-captain Nikolay Kuznetsov.
Mortally wounded in the last hours of his life, he said to me the words of Nikolay Ostrovsky: "Remember that in addition to the personal, we have much more — this is the struggle for the honour of our Motherland", and gave me the book about the life of the person who said these words, whose very life was a feat and called us to feats!
He also told me that this book always helped him in difficult moments of life, that he drew strength and courage from it.
I carefully kept this book as a symbol of perseverance and heroism, as a memory of two patriots who gave their lives for the happiness of the Motherland and for our future!".
The book is in the literary and memorial Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Sochi
"As a gift to the Sochi Museum of Nikoly Ostrovsky from a former front-line soldier, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, Komsomol member Semyon Zimring.
May 7, 1948, Leningrad".
"It was spring 1944… We liberated the city of Nikolaev, but many gave their lives for it, among them was a Komsomol member-captain Nikolay Kuznetsov.
Mortally wounded in the last hours of his life, he said to me the words of Nikolay Ostrovsky: "Remember that in addition to the personal, we have much more — this is the struggle for the honour of our Motherland", and gave me the book about the life of the person who said these words, whose very life was a feat and called us to feats!
He also told me that this book always helped him in difficult moments of life, that he drew strength and courage from it.
I carefully kept this book as a symbol of perseverance and heroism, as a memory of two patriots who gave their lives for the happiness of the Motherland and for our future!".
The book is in the literary and memorial Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Sochi
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1945
From V. Samokhin, head of the political Department, Major
In 1945, Raisa Ostrovskaya, wife of Nikolay Ostrovsky, and researcher Dina Sokolova signed the book and sent it to the front.
"To the valiant soldiers and officers of the regiment 51181-B, smashing the Nazi invaders on their land. We wish You to reach Berlin and return home with a victory with this book".
After the Victory, the book returned to the Museum with a new signature:
"I read the works of Nikolay Ostrovsky as they were published. Later I reread them again. On the front of fighting against the German invaders, on the filthy land of Nazi Germany, I read once again "How the steel was tempered" and "Born of the storm". It was difficult to imagine a literary work in which the same amount of the soul of a patriot, fiery passion of the fighter for the Socialist state would be invested…
Major S. Roznov.
Agitator of the political Department of the Military unit..., born in Yegorievsk, Moscow region.
May 17, 1945
Near Waren, Germany.
PS. Nikolay Ostrovsky's Books were read in all parts of the military unit [...] in January-April 1945. As a result, the soldiers and commanders fought the Germans more passionately, fearlessly and selflessly. Who knows, maybe under the impression of reading Ostrovsky, captain Zabronsky, major Komarov, Senior Lieutenant Gorchakov and Sergeant Puzyrev fought so against the Nazis on Narov that they were awarded the title of hero of the Soviet Union. In general, Nikolay was a bright agitator in the unions".
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From V. Samokhin, head of the political Department, Major
In 1945, Raisa Ostrovskaya, wife of Nikolay Ostrovsky, and researcher Dina Sokolova signed the book and sent it to the front.
"To the valiant soldiers and officers of the regiment 51181-B, smashing the Nazi invaders on their land. We wish You to reach Berlin and return home with a victory with this book".
After the Victory, the book returned to the Museum with a new signature:
"I read the works of Nikolay Ostrovsky as they were published. Later I reread them again. On the front of fighting against the German invaders, on the filthy land of Nazi Germany, I read once again "How the steel was tempered" and "Born of the storm". It was difficult to imagine a literary work in which the same amount of the soul of a patriot, fiery passion of the fighter for the Socialist state would be invested…
Major S. Roznov.
Agitator of the political Department of the Military unit..., born in Yegorievsk, Moscow region.
May 17, 1945
Near Waren, Germany.
PS. Nikolay Ostrovsky's Books were read in all parts of the military unit [...] in January-April 1945. As a result, the soldiers and commanders fought the Germans more passionately, fearlessly and selflessly. Who knows, maybe under the impression of reading Ostrovsky, captain Zabronsky, major Komarov, Senior Lieutenant Gorchakov and Sergeant Puzyrev fought so against the Nazis on Narov that they were awarded the title of hero of the Soviet Union. In general, Nikolay was a bright agitator in the unions".
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1946
From Yershov Grigory Alexandrovich, political officer of the 2nd company of special construction
"This book is not stained with dried blood, it is not pierced by a bullet, it is not covered with tears. Traces of rains near Moscow slightly spoiled its appearance. That's all. But it is impossible not to recognize its highest right to stand in the battle row of precious copies that keep as a holy testimony to the all-conquering power of the Soviet spirit, an integral part of which was the feat of Korchagin – Ostrovsky. This book was read in turn by girl soldiers under the Red Banner during the work on the escarpment of the 2nd Red Banner company of the 2/96 section of the Kuibyshev district labor battalion in Moscow"
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Yershov Grigory Alexandrovich, political officer of the 2nd company of special construction
"This book is not stained with dried blood, it is not pierced by a bullet, it is not covered with tears. Traces of rains near Moscow slightly spoiled its appearance. That's all. But it is impossible not to recognize its highest right to stand in the battle row of precious copies that keep as a holy testimony to the all-conquering power of the Soviet spirit, an integral part of which was the feat of Korchagin – Ostrovsky. This book was read in turn by girl soldiers under the Red Banner during the work on the escarpment of the 2nd Red Banner company of the 2/96 section of the Kuibyshev district labor battalion in Moscow"
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1945
From the Komsomol organization of the 66th Guards Rifle Sevastopol Red Banner regiment
"With this book, Komsomol members, soldiers and officers of our unit passed their glorious combat path from the foothills of the Caucasus, through Taman, Crimea and completed their combat path in the enemy's lair – Konigsberg".
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From the Komsomol organization of the 66th Guards Rifle Sevastopol Red Banner regiment
"With this book, Komsomol members, soldiers and officers of our unit passed their glorious combat path from the foothills of the Caucasus, through Taman, Crimea and completed their combat path in the enemy's lair – Konigsberg".
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1982
From Andrey Sergeevich Kuts
The book belonged to the Engineer-Colonel Andrey Sergeevich Kuts. It went with him during the Great Patriotic War from Moscow to Prague.
"On June 22,1941 fascist Germany treacherously attacked the Soviet Union. At the call of the Communist party, we, the Komsomol members of Krasnogorsk school No. 1 of the Moscow region, voluntarily joined the ranks of the people's militia - the 18th division of the city of Moscow, the 1308 regiment commanded by major Kalineyko (now Major General).
In this regiment I participated in the Battle of Moscow.
With the book "How the steel was tempered" as part of the Soviet troops during the Great Patriotic War, I walked the front-line roads from Moscow to Prague. It was in my duffel bag, it was stunk up by sweat, gunpowder, and blood. It was read by many soldiers in dugouts, trenches. The book "How the steel was tempered" was for us a formula for behaviour in battle. The feats of Pavel Korchagin have inspired the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Despite many years have passed, I keep this book as a relic, and therefore, as a sign of deep respect for the memory of the writer-fighter, I donate It to the Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky
Kuts Andrey Sergeevich"
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Andrey Sergeevich Kuts
The book belonged to the Engineer-Colonel Andrey Sergeevich Kuts. It went with him during the Great Patriotic War from Moscow to Prague.
"On June 22,1941 fascist Germany treacherously attacked the Soviet Union. At the call of the Communist party, we, the Komsomol members of Krasnogorsk school No. 1 of the Moscow region, voluntarily joined the ranks of the people's militia - the 18th division of the city of Moscow, the 1308 regiment commanded by major Kalineyko (now Major General).
In this regiment I participated in the Battle of Moscow.
With the book "How the steel was tempered" as part of the Soviet troops during the Great Patriotic War, I walked the front-line roads from Moscow to Prague. It was in my duffel bag, it was stunk up by sweat, gunpowder, and blood. It was read by many soldiers in dugouts, trenches. The book "How the steel was tempered" was for us a formula for behaviour in battle. The feats of Pavel Korchagin have inspired the defeat of Nazi Germany.
Despite many years have passed, I keep this book as a relic, and therefore, as a sign of deep respect for the memory of the writer-fighter, I donate It to the Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky
Kuts Andrey Sergeevich"
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1979
From a Museum visitor
In 1979, one of the visitors brought to the Museum an edition of the book "How the steel was tempered", 1943.
In the book, there was found an inset: "To a Member of the Military Council of the army, Major General comrade Tsarev.
Department for Komsomol work of the political Department of the army"
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From a Museum visitor
In 1979, one of the visitors brought to the Museum an edition of the book "How the steel was tempered", 1943.
In the book, there was found an inset: "To a Member of the Military Council of the army, Major General comrade Tsarev.
Department for Komsomol work of the political Department of the army"
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1942
From the soldiers and commanders of the "N" anti-aircraft unit
On the title page there is a gift inscription: "To the Museum of the writer Nikolay Ostrovsky from the anti-aircraft gunners of Moscow".
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From the soldiers and commanders of the "N" anti-aircraft unit
On the title page there is a gift inscription: "To the Museum of the writer Nikolay Ostrovsky from the anti-aircraft gunners of Moscow".
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
From Ephraim YuropolskyGot to the Museum in 1942
"To Ostrovsky Museum.
From Efrem Yuropolsky
This book was with me at the front. This book was read by echelon soldiers. Very much praised"
The book is in the literary and memorial Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Sochi
"To Ostrovsky Museum.
From Efrem Yuropolsky
This book was with me at the front. This book was read by echelon soldiers. Very much praised"
The book is in the literary and memorial Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Sochi
How the steel was tempered
From V. N. Shmigel, former Komsomol organizer of the commandant's office of the 115th border guard
Got to the Museum in 1974
"To the state Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Shmigel V. N.
Former Komsomol organizer of the commandant's office of the 115th border guard
1 / XII-74Chelyabinsk"
The book is in the literary and memorial Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Sochi
Got to the Museum in 1974
"To the state Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Shmigel V. N.
Former Komsomol organizer of the commandant's office of the 115th border guard
1 / XII-74Chelyabinsk"
The book is in the literary and memorial Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Sochi
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How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1944
From Ekaterina Ostrovskaya, sister of Nikolay Ostrovsky
This copy of the book was presented by mother and sister of the writer Nikolay Ostrovsky to the personnel of the patrol (border) boat "SK-065" of the Black Sea Fleet in 1942 and went through the Great Patriotic War with the crew. In March 1943, a border patrol boat was transporting weapons and ammunition near the Divnomorskoye. Then it was attacked by several dozen enemy aircraft "Ju-88". From the memo of Fleet Captain Potapov dated July 15, 1943: "This boat heroically fought the enemy, in the last battle, the hunter boat saved a protected ship from destruction with its fire, which was attacked by 30 enemy bombers. In this battle, the boat received over 1,500 holes, 70% of the personnel failed in this battle, but by the heroic efforts of the remaining personnel, the boat was saved and brought to the base under its own power." Like the boat, the book also received its injuries: it was burned, the pages were pierced by shrapnel and stained with the blood of Grigory Alexandrovich Kuropyatnikov (1921 – 1982), Hero of the Soviet Union. Petty Officer Kuropyatnikov met the enemy planes with a barrage of machine gun fire. During the battle, they shot down several enemy aircraft. However, Grigory Alexandrovich himself was seriously wounded by bomb fragments. He lost his left arm but continued to fire a machine gun. A fire broke out on the stern of the damaged boat because smoke bombs caught fire. The fire could spread to depth charges lying nearby. The wounded Kuropyatnikov managed to throw the checkers overboard, which prevented the death of the patrol boat. Kuropyatnikov was also able to take out the library of the boat from the burning parts of the ship, where this book was located. In 1943, the State Historical Museum hosted the exhibition "They Fought for the Motherland", dedicated to the exploits of Soviet soldiers. The crew of the boat presented this copy to the exhibition as the main witness of Grigory Kuropyatnikov's feat.
The book is in the Central Naval Museum named after Emperor Peter the Great, St. Petersburg.
From Ekaterina Ostrovskaya, sister of Nikolay Ostrovsky
This copy of the book was presented by mother and sister of the writer Nikolay Ostrovsky to the personnel of the patrol (border) boat "SK-065" of the Black Sea Fleet in 1942 and went through the Great Patriotic War with the crew. In March 1943, a border patrol boat was transporting weapons and ammunition near the Divnomorskoye. Then it was attacked by several dozen enemy aircraft "Ju-88". From the memo of Fleet Captain Potapov dated July 15, 1943: "This boat heroically fought the enemy, in the last battle, the hunter boat saved a protected ship from destruction with its fire, which was attacked by 30 enemy bombers. In this battle, the boat received over 1,500 holes, 70% of the personnel failed in this battle, but by the heroic efforts of the remaining personnel, the boat was saved and brought to the base under its own power." Like the boat, the book also received its injuries: it was burned, the pages were pierced by shrapnel and stained with the blood of Grigory Alexandrovich Kuropyatnikov (1921 – 1982), Hero of the Soviet Union. Petty Officer Kuropyatnikov met the enemy planes with a barrage of machine gun fire. During the battle, they shot down several enemy aircraft. However, Grigory Alexandrovich himself was seriously wounded by bomb fragments. He lost his left arm but continued to fire a machine gun. A fire broke out on the stern of the damaged boat because smoke bombs caught fire. The fire could spread to depth charges lying nearby. The wounded Kuropyatnikov managed to throw the checkers overboard, which prevented the death of the patrol boat. Kuropyatnikov was also able to take out the library of the boat from the burning parts of the ship, where this book was located. In 1943, the State Historical Museum hosted the exhibition "They Fought for the Motherland", dedicated to the exploits of Soviet soldiers. The crew of the boat presented this copy to the exhibition as the main witness of Grigory Kuropyatnikov's feat.
The book is in the Central Naval Museum named after Emperor Peter the Great, St. Petersburg.
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1944
From Maria Pedenko
Pedenko Maria Petrovna landed on Malaya Zemlya during the Great Patriotic War as part of the 225th Marine Brigade in the position of a political fighter. She participated in the storming of Novorossiysk, the liberation of Ukraine, Poland, Hungary.
On the flyleaf of the book there is a note:
"To M. Pedenko Sochi from A. Lazareva", /date burned out/.
Below is the entry:
"(illegibly) this book was wrapped on paper. It was lying together with an album about the life and work of Nikolay Ostrovsky, which started my work as an agitator at the forefront. The album was fought under [illegibly, burned out] (Sadovaya district) landed with me on "Malaya Zemlya", with this album I became a member of the party on "Malaya Zemlya". It was with me in repelling the April attacks.
A member of the Korchagin family Black Sea Polundra Maria Pedenko
February 1944".
The book is in the Literary Memorial Museum of N. Ostrovsky in Sochi
From Maria Pedenko
Pedenko Maria Petrovna landed on Malaya Zemlya during the Great Patriotic War as part of the 225th Marine Brigade in the position of a political fighter. She participated in the storming of Novorossiysk, the liberation of Ukraine, Poland, Hungary.
On the flyleaf of the book there is a note:
"To M. Pedenko Sochi from A. Lazareva", /date burned out/.
Below is the entry:
"(illegibly) this book was wrapped on paper. It was lying together with an album about the life and work of Nikolay Ostrovsky, which started my work as an agitator at the forefront. The album was fought under [illegibly, burned out] (Sadovaya district) landed with me on "Malaya Zemlya", with this album I became a member of the party on "Malaya Zemlya". It was with me in repelling the April attacks.
A member of the Korchagin family Black Sea Polundra Maria Pedenko
February 1944".
The book is in the Literary Memorial Museum of N. Ostrovsky in Sochi
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1974
From Maria Filippovna Chernyavskaya
In 1942 - 1943, Maria Filippovna worked in Gelendzhik in the hospital of the Novorossiysk naval base. In 1943, paratroopers stayed in her house. One of them, leaving for the landing, left personal belongings and this book. Maria Filippovna, of course, did not know personal data of the fighters who stayed at her house. By the time the book was transferred to the Museum, she also did not remember the time of year, when it was and in what landing the soldiers left. Maria Filippovna kept the book for many years, hoping that the owner would return for it. But no one came for the book.
In 1973, the city of Novorossiysk was awarded the high title of "Hero City" with the order of Lenin and the "Gold Star" medal. In 1974, Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, arrived in Novorossiysk to present the city with high awards. On this occasion, large-scale festive events were held in Novorossiysk, including meetings of veterans of units and formations that participated in the battles for Novorossiysk. Maria Filippovna hoped that the owner of the book would be among the veterans who arrived, and she was very much looking forward to meeting him. But the events passed, the veterans left, and no one came for the book. After that, Maria Filippovna realized that there was no one else to wait for and decided to transfer the book to the Museum.
Since the autumn of 1942, the Novorossiysk naval base was based in Gelendzhik. Therefore, it was from Gelendzhik to Novorossiysk that boats with paratroopers left. During the battle for Novorossiysk in 1943, there were 2 large-scale landings:
Landing operation on the night of February 3 to 4, 1943, during which a diversionary landing was carried out at the village of Stanichka (in the 1940s-a it was a suburb of Novorossiysk) and the main landing in the village of Yuzhnaya Ozereyka. The landing in Yuzhnaya Ozereyka was unsuccessful, and the Soviet forces that landed there were almost completely destroyed by the enemy. The diversionary landing force under the command of major Kunikov landed almost without losses and became the main landing force, which during the first weeks of February was given forces that failed to land in the Yuzhnaya Ozereyka. The bridgehead which was conquered by paratroopers during the operation marked the beginning of the bridgehead that went down in the history of the Great Patriotic War under the name "Malaya Zemlya". From February to September 1943, boats with reinforcements were regularly sent to Malaya Zemlya from Gelendzhik.
Novorossiysk assault operation on the night of September 10, 1943, during which the German-fascist group of troops in the area of Novorossiysk was partially destroyed, the remaining units began to retreat.
The book is in the collections of the Novorossiysk Historical Museum-reserve.
From Maria Filippovna Chernyavskaya
In 1942 - 1943, Maria Filippovna worked in Gelendzhik in the hospital of the Novorossiysk naval base. In 1943, paratroopers stayed in her house. One of them, leaving for the landing, left personal belongings and this book. Maria Filippovna, of course, did not know personal data of the fighters who stayed at her house. By the time the book was transferred to the Museum, she also did not remember the time of year, when it was and in what landing the soldiers left. Maria Filippovna kept the book for many years, hoping that the owner would return for it. But no one came for the book.
In 1973, the city of Novorossiysk was awarded the high title of "Hero City" with the order of Lenin and the "Gold Star" medal. In 1974, Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee, arrived in Novorossiysk to present the city with high awards. On this occasion, large-scale festive events were held in Novorossiysk, including meetings of veterans of units and formations that participated in the battles for Novorossiysk. Maria Filippovna hoped that the owner of the book would be among the veterans who arrived, and she was very much looking forward to meeting him. But the events passed, the veterans left, and no one came for the book. After that, Maria Filippovna realized that there was no one else to wait for and decided to transfer the book to the Museum.
Since the autumn of 1942, the Novorossiysk naval base was based in Gelendzhik. Therefore, it was from Gelendzhik to Novorossiysk that boats with paratroopers left. During the battle for Novorossiysk in 1943, there were 2 large-scale landings:
Landing operation on the night of February 3 to 4, 1943, during which a diversionary landing was carried out at the village of Stanichka (in the 1940s-a it was a suburb of Novorossiysk) and the main landing in the village of Yuzhnaya Ozereyka. The landing in Yuzhnaya Ozereyka was unsuccessful, and the Soviet forces that landed there were almost completely destroyed by the enemy. The diversionary landing force under the command of major Kunikov landed almost without losses and became the main landing force, which during the first weeks of February was given forces that failed to land in the Yuzhnaya Ozereyka. The bridgehead which was conquered by paratroopers during the operation marked the beginning of the bridgehead that went down in the history of the Great Patriotic War under the name "Malaya Zemlya". From February to September 1943, boats with reinforcements were regularly sent to Malaya Zemlya from Gelendzhik.
Novorossiysk assault operation on the night of September 10, 1943, during which the German-fascist group of troops in the area of Novorossiysk was partially destroyed, the remaining units began to retreat.
The book is in the collections of the Novorossiysk Historical Museum-reserve.
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1947
From the Baltic fleet of the ship "Kirov"
This copy was in the library of the Baltic fleet ship Kirov from 1940 to 1946. The book was read by 2,456 people. It was intertwined twice.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky.
From the Baltic fleet of the ship "Kirov"
This copy was in the library of the Baltic fleet ship Kirov from 1940 to 1946. The book was read by 2,456 people. It was intertwined twice.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky.
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1943
From the Red Navy soldiers of the Black Sea fleet
Inscription on the book: "In mortal combat with a brutal enemy, this book by Nikolay Ostrovsky was our constant fighting companion. The image of Pavel Korchagin was for us a vivid example (in the fight) of perseverance, heroism and hatred of the enemy. The book showed us how steel is tempered, and the harsh school of war taught us to be steelworkers.
Red Navy soldiers, Black Sea fleet mortar team from the Novorossiysk sector of the front (captions: Pavlov, Lebedev).
September 4, 1943"
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky.
From the Red Navy soldiers of the Black Sea fleet
Inscription on the book: "In mortal combat with a brutal enemy, this book by Nikolay Ostrovsky was our constant fighting companion. The image of Pavel Korchagin was for us a vivid example (in the fight) of perseverance, heroism and hatred of the enemy. The book showed us how steel is tempered, and the harsh school of war taught us to be steelworkers.
Red Navy soldiers, Black Sea fleet mortar team from the Novorossiysk sector of the front (captions: Pavlov, Lebedev).
September 4, 1943"
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky.
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How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1945
From the partisans of the squad Ostrovsky of brigade No. 225 named after Suvorov of Minsk connection
Inscription on the book: "The book "How the steel was tempered" was read by all the partisans of the Ostrovsky squad in dugouts during rest hours…The heroes of this book brought up love for the Motherland, the will to win and contempt for death in battle. The book "How the steel was tempered" called the partisans of Ostrovsky squad to feat in the fight against the German hordes".
Partisan brigade No. 225 named after Suvorov
In December 1942, the partisan brigade No. 225 named after Suvorov was organized from the partisan squads of the Slutsk zone. The total number of the brigade was 1,180. The Nikolay Ostrovsky squad was created by the decision of the Gressky district Committee of the Communist party (Bolsheviks) on June 5, 1943. On June 29, 1944 - the day of the connection with the red Army units - the squad numbered 168 people.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From the partisans of the squad Ostrovsky of brigade No. 225 named after Suvorov of Minsk connection
Inscription on the book: "The book "How the steel was tempered" was read by all the partisans of the Ostrovsky squad in dugouts during rest hours…The heroes of this book brought up love for the Motherland, the will to win and contempt for death in battle. The book "How the steel was tempered" called the partisans of Ostrovsky squad to feat in the fight against the German hordes".
Partisan brigade No. 225 named after Suvorov
In December 1942, the partisan brigade No. 225 named after Suvorov was organized from the partisan squads of the Slutsk zone. The total number of the brigade was 1,180. The Nikolay Ostrovsky squad was created by the decision of the Gressky district Committee of the Communist party (Bolsheviks) on June 5, 1943. On June 29, 1944 - the day of the connection with the red Army units - the squad numbered 168 people.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
Born of the storm
Got to the Museum in 1967
From Vladimir Gavrilov, local historian, former Komsomol organizer of the 476 Mius Front battalion
"The book "Born of the storm" was found on January 14, 1964 in the attic of Sasha Bondrenko, a young anti-fascist hero"
Sasha Bondarenko (1925-1943)
Sasha was born in the village Samarskoye of Rostov region. In 1940, he joined the Komsomol (young communist league), studied at a technical school, read passionately, and especially appreciated works of Nikolay Ostrovsky, Maksim Gorky, and Vladimir Mayakovsky.
On July 28, 1942, the village Samarskoye was occupied by the Germans. Immediately after their arrival, Sasha took out more than 350 books from public libraries and saved them from destruction by hiding them in the attic of his house. Among them was this book "Born of the storm".
Sasha organized an underground Komsomol group together with his friends: the guys blew up the bridge, collected weapons and explosives. On the night of 7 to 8 November 1942, two red flags were hung in the village in honor of the 25th anniversary of the October revolution.
On December 8, Sasha and several other guys from his group were arrested by the Gestapo. Children were tortured in the Rostov-on-Don prison. Sasha died in February 1943.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Vladimir Gavrilov, local historian, former Komsomol organizer of the 476 Mius Front battalion
"The book "Born of the storm" was found on January 14, 1964 in the attic of Sasha Bondrenko, a young anti-fascist hero"
Sasha Bondarenko (1925-1943)
Sasha was born in the village Samarskoye of Rostov region. In 1940, he joined the Komsomol (young communist league), studied at a technical school, read passionately, and especially appreciated works of Nikolay Ostrovsky, Maksim Gorky, and Vladimir Mayakovsky.
On July 28, 1942, the village Samarskoye was occupied by the Germans. Immediately after their arrival, Sasha took out more than 350 books from public libraries and saved them from destruction by hiding them in the attic of his house. Among them was this book "Born of the storm".
Sasha organized an underground Komsomol group together with his friends: the guys blew up the bridge, collected weapons and explosives. On the night of 7 to 8 November 1942, two red flags were hung in the village in honor of the 25th anniversary of the October revolution.
On December 8, Sasha and several other guys from his group were arrested by the Gestapo. Children were tortured in the Rostov-on-Don prison. Sasha died in February 1943.
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
Born of the storm
Got to the Museum in 1975
From Vasily Vasilyevich Volchkov, Chairman of the Kursk regional Executive Committee
From the memoirs of Vasily Volchkov: "On October 31, 1941, the question about the evacuation of Kursk arose. Publishing office of the newspaper "Kurskaya Pravda" was already evacuated, there was no one in the room. I saw a book among the papers scattered on the floor. It turned out to be the manuscript of the first book of Nikolay Ostrovsky's novel "Born of the storm".
In the second half of 1942, I was assigned the responsibility of providing the Kursk partisans behind enemy lines with ammunition, equipment, and food.
Once the departure of the partisans to the enemy lines was delayed. I was approached by a group of young partisans with a request to bring them books to read. I remembered that I had a book by Nikolay Ostrovsky "Born of the storm" in my car and gave it to them. This book was kept for a long time in the dugout of the partisans, where they expected to be sent to the enemy's rear. It was read, especially by young people - boys and girls partisans".
The book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Vasily Vasilyevich Volchkov, Chairman of the Kursk regional Executive Committee
From the memoirs of Vasily Volchkov: "On October 31, 1941, the question about the evacuation of Kursk arose. Publishing office of the newspaper "Kurskaya Pravda" was already evacuated, there was no one in the room. I saw a book among the papers scattered on the floor. It turned out to be the manuscript of the first book of Nikolay Ostrovsky's novel "Born of the storm".
In the second half of 1942, I was assigned the responsibility of providing the Kursk partisans behind enemy lines with ammunition, equipment, and food.
Once the departure of the partisans to the enemy lines was delayed. I was approached by a group of young partisans with a request to bring them books to read. I remembered that I had a book by Nikolay Ostrovsky "Born of the storm" in my car and gave it to them. This book was kept for a long time in the dugout of the partisans, where they expected to be sent to the enemy's rear. It was read, especially by young people - boys and girls partisans".
The book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
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Born of the storm
Got to the Museum in 1944
From Mikhail Antonovich Mazurik, Deputy head of the frontline hospital 24443
Inscription on the book: "This book, which accompanied the military units with which I participated in the fight against the German invaders from Przemysl to Stalingrad and from Stalingrad - from the Volga to the Dniester - was read by thousands of soldiers, sergeants and officers. In July 1944 the book was collectively read to the wounded soldiers and officers of the legendary army of Colonel-General Chuikov - participants of heroic fighting during the breakthrough of the German defense to the West of Kovel by troops of Marshal Rokossovsky.
On behalf of the personnel of the unit and the wounded, I present this book to the Museum of my favorite writer Nikolay Ostrovsky.
Deputy Head Major Mazurik"
The book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Mikhail Antonovich Mazurik, Deputy head of the frontline hospital 24443
Inscription on the book: "This book, which accompanied the military units with which I participated in the fight against the German invaders from Przemysl to Stalingrad and from Stalingrad - from the Volga to the Dniester - was read by thousands of soldiers, sergeants and officers. In July 1944 the book was collectively read to the wounded soldiers and officers of the legendary army of Colonel-General Chuikov - participants of heroic fighting during the breakthrough of the German defense to the West of Kovel by troops of Marshal Rokossovsky.
On behalf of the personnel of the unit and the wounded, I present this book to the Museum of my favorite writer Nikolay Ostrovsky.
Deputy Head Major Mazurik"
The book is in the funds of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1944
From Mikhail Antonovich Mazurik, Deputy head of the frontline hospital 24443
Inscription on the book: "We present this book "How the steel was tempered", which passed together with the military units that held back the onslaught of the fascist invaders from Kharkiv to Stalingrad (via Voroshilovgrad, Kamensk, Millerovo, Kalach-on-Don) and from Stalingrad through the water borders of the Don, Northern Donets, Dnieper, Ingulets, Ingul, Southern Bug and Dniester, and since July 1944 continued its combat path as part of the 1st Belorussian front. During the days of heroic battles of the breakthrough of the German defense line outside the city of Kovel, this book continued to be read by thousands of soldiers and officers who were in the hospital."
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Mikhail Antonovich Mazurik, Deputy head of the frontline hospital 24443
Inscription on the book: "We present this book "How the steel was tempered", which passed together with the military units that held back the onslaught of the fascist invaders from Kharkiv to Stalingrad (via Voroshilovgrad, Kamensk, Millerovo, Kalach-on-Don) and from Stalingrad through the water borders of the Don, Northern Donets, Dnieper, Ingulets, Ingul, Southern Bug and Dniester, and since July 1944 continued its combat path as part of the 1st Belorussian front. During the days of heroic battles of the breakthrough of the German defense line outside the city of Kovel, this book continued to be read by thousands of soldiers and officers who were in the hospital."
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
Got to the Museum in 1949
From Dvoyra Mordukhovna Khodos (Matveyevna), Lieutenant, Senior nurse
In 1942, the first owner of this publication, Gergiy Mikhailovich Kutyrev, was seriously wounded in battle. At triage hospital No. 1857, he presented the book to Senior nurse Hodos.
"I am giving this book to the Ostrovsky Museum on the day of the 45th anniversary of Nikolay Ostrovsky's birth. 29.09.1949 .
This book was given to me by Kutyrev, a Red Army soldier and Komsomol member of the Siberian brigade on the outskirts of Moscow in February 1942. Comrade Kutyrev was the first to shoot down a German tank and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. With this book I went the way: Moscow-Kaluga-Roslavl-Bialystok - ... - Warsaw-Moscow. Hundreds of warriors were raised by this book.
Member of the All-Union Communist Party \ bolsheviks \ since may 1917, D. Hodes"
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
From Dvoyra Mordukhovna Khodos (Matveyevna), Lieutenant, Senior nurse
In 1942, the first owner of this publication, Gergiy Mikhailovich Kutyrev, was seriously wounded in battle. At triage hospital No. 1857, he presented the book to Senior nurse Hodos.
"I am giving this book to the Ostrovsky Museum on the day of the 45th anniversary of Nikolay Ostrovsky's birth. 29.09.1949 .
This book was given to me by Kutyrev, a Red Army soldier and Komsomol member of the Siberian brigade on the outskirts of Moscow in February 1942. Comrade Kutyrev was the first to shoot down a German tank and was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. With this book I went the way: Moscow-Kaluga-Roslavl-Bialystok - ... - Warsaw-Moscow. Hundreds of warriors were raised by this book.
Member of the All-Union Communist Party \ bolsheviks \ since may 1917, D. Hodes"
The book is in the collections of the Museum "Integration" named after Nikolay Ostrovsky
How the steel was tempered
Located in the library of the Museum From E. Ostrovskaya
The inscription on the book was made by Ekaterina Ostrovskaya, the sister of Nikolay Ostrovsky.
"The book was read in hospitals in 1941-1944"
The book is in the literary and memorial Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Sochi
The inscription on the book was made by Ekaterina Ostrovskaya, the sister of Nikolay Ostrovsky.
"The book was read in hospitals in 1941-1944"
The book is in the literary and memorial Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Sochi
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Memories of the Guard of Senior Lieutenant Ivan Dzhoga
"In the autumn of 1941, with a full soldier's outfit, I completed a 200-kilometer march on foot to the East. In the campaign even the needle is heavy. But in a gas mask bag I carried as a jewel the book of the immortal Nikolay "How the steel was tempered". Later this book passed with me through the Don, the Caucasus, the Caspian sea, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan. In the Urals I received a formidable combat tank car, when I was filling it with fuel and ammunition, I put the book "How the steel was tempered" in the car with a special feeling. It was on the arms of the formidable Soviet tank and its crew… With me in the tank, it passed through the dry Stalingrad steppe and went into battle for Stalingrad. Going into battle, I felt that in my crew was Nikolay Ostrovsky, that he was also loading a cannon and a machine gun, and hitting the enemy.
In one of the battles, on August 29, 1942, near Stalingrad, my tank was hit and I was wounded. Members of my crew carried me out of the burning tank, but the story of Nikolay Ostrovsky "How the steel was tempered" burned in the tank after a long journey…"
The book was not saved
In one of the battles, on August 29, 1942, near Stalingrad, my tank was hit and I was wounded. Members of my crew carried me out of the burning tank, but the story of Nikolay Ostrovsky "How the steel was tempered" burned in the tank after a long journey…"
The book was not saved
Memories of Lieutenant Alexander Lazukov
Alexander Ivanovich Lazukov was born on December 1, 1923 in the ancient village of Tastuba in the Duvan district of the Republic Bashkortostan.
In 1940-1941, Alexander Ivanovich studied history at the Mesyagutovsky pedagogical school. In 1942, he was drafted into the Red Army. He was sent to the Chkalov artillery school, where he graduated with honours. With the rank of Lieutenant in may 1943, he was sent to the front line. He fought as a member of the 1575th artillery regiment on the Steppe and on the 2nd Ukrainian fronts. Alexander Ivanovich was a participant in the battle of Kursk, fought for the liberation of Kharkiv and other localities from the Nazi invaders. Lieutenant of the Red Army Lazukov commanded an artillery platoon and was seriously wounded in battle. At the front, in August 1943, by taking into account the combat success of his platoon in the battle of Kursk, he, at the age of 19, was accepted into the CPSU party (bolsheviks).
In 1943, after receiving injuries, he underwent treatment in Sochi, first in a military hospital, then in a sanatorium named after Voroshilov. There he met the mother and sister of the famous writer in the House-Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky. After visiting the Museum and having tea with them, the young, 19-year-old Lieutenant gave the book "How the steel was tempered" as a gift to the Museum which he carried with him along the front-line roads.
He told them that he never parted with his favourite book, it was always with him in a duffel bag. It turned out that they fought together, fell under bullets and shells together, and were under the fire of the German-fascist invaders. As a result, the book was damaged, burned during the fighting near the railway station Vapnyarka of Vinitsa region in the winter of 1944, but preserved.
For the young fighter Alexander, it became a talisman. In the end, Alexander Ivanovich was seriously injured, but he survived. On the inside of the book he made a note that he gave it to the Nikolay Ostrovsky House-Museum in Sochi.
After being discharged from the army in 1944, he worked at the Tastuba secondary school for health reasons.
Later, the Communist Lazukov was nominated for doing party work.
In 1952-1954, Lazukov managed to graduate from the pedagogical Institute in absentia and entered the Moscow State University postgraduate school. In 1968, he successfully graduated from it and received a PhD in history. Then, for about 30 years, he worked at the Ufa Aviation Institute, was the head of the Department.
From 2001 to 2015, he lived in Kaliningrad, worked as a lecturer among the military personnel of the Kaliningrad garrison.
Since 2016, he has been living in Ufa again, writing memoirs.
Unfortunately, his book was not found either in the Nikolay Ostrovsky House-Museum in Sochi, or in the «Integration» Museum named after Nikolay Ostrovsky.
Alexander Ivanovich suggests that his book may be in the funds of the Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Shepetovka (Ukraine).
In 1940-1941, Alexander Ivanovich studied history at the Mesyagutovsky pedagogical school. In 1942, he was drafted into the Red Army. He was sent to the Chkalov artillery school, where he graduated with honours. With the rank of Lieutenant in may 1943, he was sent to the front line. He fought as a member of the 1575th artillery regiment on the Steppe and on the 2nd Ukrainian fronts. Alexander Ivanovich was a participant in the battle of Kursk, fought for the liberation of Kharkiv and other localities from the Nazi invaders. Lieutenant of the Red Army Lazukov commanded an artillery platoon and was seriously wounded in battle. At the front, in August 1943, by taking into account the combat success of his platoon in the battle of Kursk, he, at the age of 19, was accepted into the CPSU party (bolsheviks).
In 1943, after receiving injuries, he underwent treatment in Sochi, first in a military hospital, then in a sanatorium named after Voroshilov. There he met the mother and sister of the famous writer in the House-Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky. After visiting the Museum and having tea with them, the young, 19-year-old Lieutenant gave the book "How the steel was tempered" as a gift to the Museum which he carried with him along the front-line roads.
He told them that he never parted with his favourite book, it was always with him in a duffel bag. It turned out that they fought together, fell under bullets and shells together, and were under the fire of the German-fascist invaders. As a result, the book was damaged, burned during the fighting near the railway station Vapnyarka of Vinitsa region in the winter of 1944, but preserved.
For the young fighter Alexander, it became a talisman. In the end, Alexander Ivanovich was seriously injured, but he survived. On the inside of the book he made a note that he gave it to the Nikolay Ostrovsky House-Museum in Sochi.
After being discharged from the army in 1944, he worked at the Tastuba secondary school for health reasons.
Later, the Communist Lazukov was nominated for doing party work.
In 1952-1954, Lazukov managed to graduate from the pedagogical Institute in absentia and entered the Moscow State University postgraduate school. In 1968, he successfully graduated from it and received a PhD in history. Then, for about 30 years, he worked at the Ufa Aviation Institute, was the head of the Department.
From 2001 to 2015, he lived in Kaliningrad, worked as a lecturer among the military personnel of the Kaliningrad garrison.
Since 2016, he has been living in Ufa again, writing memoirs.
Unfortunately, his book was not found either in the Nikolay Ostrovsky House-Museum in Sochi, or in the «Integration» Museum named after Nikolay Ostrovsky.
Alexander Ivanovich suggests that his book may be in the funds of the Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky in Shepetovka (Ukraine).
Memories of Senior Lieutenant Boris Paskhin
Kovalev Grigory Fedorovich was drafted into the army on July 3, 1941.
In the battles on the Crimean Peninsula against the Nazi invaders, he showed courage and bravery. On February 3, 1942, he was awarded the medal "For Military Merit".
In May 1942, the Germans broke through the front in the Crimea. A chaotic retreat began. Grigory was severely shell-shocked. His comrades carried him to the shore of the bay in the Kerch region, trying to cross to the other side of the bay, but failed. The Germans were already close. The group went to the stone quarries. The Germans used gases, "smoked' the Soviet soldiers out, and captured them. The first concentration camp was in Kerch, then in Krivoy Rog, then in Munich. In the spring of 1943, Grigory managed to escape from captivity together with a friend.
From the memoirs of G.F. Kovalev:
In September 1943, the Germans took us, a large group of Soviet prisoners of war, to a concentration camp near Munich. From there I managed to escape. They took us out to restoration of the railway track destroyed by the bombing…It got dark. Andrey Makarov, a captain, almost my countryman from the Krasnodar Territory, came up to me. With him, we had been hatching escape plans for a long time.
- Shall we try, Grigory?
We crawled along the embankment into the bushes and hid. I did not know how long we were laying like that. The guards drove the prisoners to the camp. They forgot about us. The first luck inspired us. It was getting a little lighter in the east. A freight train was approaching to us. It drove slowly to us. I jumped onto the platform. I pulled myself up on my hands and rolled over the side. I felt that there were aviation shells. I wondered, where was Andrey? Cautiously looked out. He was on the next car. Everything was all right!
At the end of the third day, we came to a lonely house. We hid in the bushes and began to watch. There did not seem to be anything dangerous. A woman came out, drove the cow out and sat down to milk. Here, when we felt a wild hunger, it seemed to be awakened by the familiar sound of milk falling into the pan. And we were ready to come out...It turned out that we were in Italy...When we began to understand the language, we asked the owner of the house to connect us with the partisans.
We were taken to a valley, a small village. They explained that there were no Germans and no policemen. They sent us to the doctor who lived in the last house.
The doctor, an elderly man met incredulously. He looked sternly around from under his bushy eyebrows and silently went into another room. My heart sank. The devil knew what he'd do. It was a very ungracious reception. The Doctor came back with a book in his hands and handed it to me.
I was taken aback. It was Ostrovsky. His "How steel was tempered" in Russian. I take the book into my arms, not believing myself. Honestly, I'd never been so happy. It was as if a warm word of the Motherland touched me. Ostrovsky! I barely understood what was required of me. Through Ostrovsky the doctor checked us whether we were really Russian, Soviet. Yes, apparently, my happy appearance convinced him. The Doctor smiled kindly now…
There were still many severe trials. The road from Italy to the native Don was far away, and it went through the war. And when it was very difficult, so difficult that it seemed that everything was gone, I remembered the doctor and a small volume in a simple binding. "How the steel was tempered"! And then, like the legendary Antaeus, who touched Mother Earth, my strength increased tenfold."
Soon they found themselves in an Italian partisan detachment. Grigory participated in the partisan movement until British troops occupied Italy in 1944. The partisan detachment was disbanded. Gregory was enlisted as a soldier in the British army, in which he fought for several months. At the end of the War, Grigory was demobilized, and he ended up in a displaced persons camp, in which there were many people from different countries, including 17 people from the USSR.
Returning to his native Mechetka, he went to work at the collective farm.
The stigma of "being in captivity" had been burning his soul for a long time. And just before his death, recognition came to him as an equal participant in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Kovalev was awarded the Order "Of the Patriotic War" of the 1st degree.
Captivity undermined the health of Grigory Fedorovich. Grigory Fedorovich Kovalev died on September 9, 1985.
The materials were sent from the Municipal Budget Cultural Institution "Zernograd Museum of Local Lore".
The book has not been preserved.
In the battles on the Crimean Peninsula against the Nazi invaders, he showed courage and bravery. On February 3, 1942, he was awarded the medal "For Military Merit".
In May 1942, the Germans broke through the front in the Crimea. A chaotic retreat began. Grigory was severely shell-shocked. His comrades carried him to the shore of the bay in the Kerch region, trying to cross to the other side of the bay, but failed. The Germans were already close. The group went to the stone quarries. The Germans used gases, "smoked' the Soviet soldiers out, and captured them. The first concentration camp was in Kerch, then in Krivoy Rog, then in Munich. In the spring of 1943, Grigory managed to escape from captivity together with a friend.
From the memoirs of G.F. Kovalev:
In September 1943, the Germans took us, a large group of Soviet prisoners of war, to a concentration camp near Munich. From there I managed to escape. They took us out to restoration of the railway track destroyed by the bombing…It got dark. Andrey Makarov, a captain, almost my countryman from the Krasnodar Territory, came up to me. With him, we had been hatching escape plans for a long time.
- Shall we try, Grigory?
We crawled along the embankment into the bushes and hid. I did not know how long we were laying like that. The guards drove the prisoners to the camp. They forgot about us. The first luck inspired us. It was getting a little lighter in the east. A freight train was approaching to us. It drove slowly to us. I jumped onto the platform. I pulled myself up on my hands and rolled over the side. I felt that there were aviation shells. I wondered, where was Andrey? Cautiously looked out. He was on the next car. Everything was all right!
At the end of the third day, we came to a lonely house. We hid in the bushes and began to watch. There did not seem to be anything dangerous. A woman came out, drove the cow out and sat down to milk. Here, when we felt a wild hunger, it seemed to be awakened by the familiar sound of milk falling into the pan. And we were ready to come out...It turned out that we were in Italy...When we began to understand the language, we asked the owner of the house to connect us with the partisans.
We were taken to a valley, a small village. They explained that there were no Germans and no policemen. They sent us to the doctor who lived in the last house.
The doctor, an elderly man met incredulously. He looked sternly around from under his bushy eyebrows and silently went into another room. My heart sank. The devil knew what he'd do. It was a very ungracious reception. The Doctor came back with a book in his hands and handed it to me.
I was taken aback. It was Ostrovsky. His "How steel was tempered" in Russian. I take the book into my arms, not believing myself. Honestly, I'd never been so happy. It was as if a warm word of the Motherland touched me. Ostrovsky! I barely understood what was required of me. Through Ostrovsky the doctor checked us whether we were really Russian, Soviet. Yes, apparently, my happy appearance convinced him. The Doctor smiled kindly now…
There were still many severe trials. The road from Italy to the native Don was far away, and it went through the war. And when it was very difficult, so difficult that it seemed that everything was gone, I remembered the doctor and a small volume in a simple binding. "How the steel was tempered"! And then, like the legendary Antaeus, who touched Mother Earth, my strength increased tenfold."
Soon they found themselves in an Italian partisan detachment. Grigory participated in the partisan movement until British troops occupied Italy in 1944. The partisan detachment was disbanded. Gregory was enlisted as a soldier in the British army, in which he fought for several months. At the end of the War, Grigory was demobilized, and he ended up in a displaced persons camp, in which there were many people from different countries, including 17 people from the USSR.
Returning to his native Mechetka, he went to work at the collective farm.
The stigma of "being in captivity" had been burning his soul for a long time. And just before his death, recognition came to him as an equal participant in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Kovalev was awarded the Order "Of the Patriotic War" of the 1st degree.
Captivity undermined the health of Grigory Fedorovich. Grigory Fedorovich Kovalev died on September 9, 1985.
The materials were sent from the Municipal Budget Cultural Institution "Zernograd Museum of Local Lore".
The book has not been preserved.
Memories of Senior Lieutenant Boris Paskhin
Sent to the Museum on October 12, 1943
"This happened in the most difficult days of the defense of Stalingrad – in October 1942. German bombers hung over our heads from dawn to dark, the factory part of the city was shrouded in heavy smoke like a black blizzard – the Oil Syndicate was burning, tanks were breaking through the walls. All living creatures tried to stay in safe hiding places these days. I was hiding with a group of fighters in the open-hearth furnace of one of the workshops of the "Red October" factory.
And so, in one of these minutes, Sergeant Patorgin brought to us a book by Nikolay Ostrovsky "How the steel was tempered". The Sergeant found this book in a small room in a student dormitory… The book was scorched, the first and last pages were so torn and smeared with soot that in our poor light it was very difficult to read these pages. But this did not prevent Ostrovsky's book from becoming somehow imperceptibly a kind of collective organizer of our courage and perseverance.
In the most difficult moments, one of us would pick up a book, find a suitable fragment for the moment, and start reading aloud. Then everything gradually fell silent around us, and Ostrovsky began to live here in the stove with us - real, alive, as if he was talking to us and urging us to stand firm.
The book also attracted our attention at that time, because of the fact that fictional text was preceded by a biographical reference. We got to know Ostrovsky not only as a writer but also as a person who was simply and extremely purposeful to a common goal and courageous in the truest sense of the word…
I regret that I could not save this volume of Ostrovsky…"
The book was not saved.
"This happened in the most difficult days of the defense of Stalingrad – in October 1942. German bombers hung over our heads from dawn to dark, the factory part of the city was shrouded in heavy smoke like a black blizzard – the Oil Syndicate was burning, tanks were breaking through the walls. All living creatures tried to stay in safe hiding places these days. I was hiding with a group of fighters in the open-hearth furnace of one of the workshops of the "Red October" factory.
And so, in one of these minutes, Sergeant Patorgin brought to us a book by Nikolay Ostrovsky "How the steel was tempered". The Sergeant found this book in a small room in a student dormitory… The book was scorched, the first and last pages were so torn and smeared with soot that in our poor light it was very difficult to read these pages. But this did not prevent Ostrovsky's book from becoming somehow imperceptibly a kind of collective organizer of our courage and perseverance.
In the most difficult moments, one of us would pick up a book, find a suitable fragment for the moment, and start reading aloud. Then everything gradually fell silent around us, and Ostrovsky began to live here in the stove with us - real, alive, as if he was talking to us and urging us to stand firm.
The book also attracted our attention at that time, because of the fact that fictional text was preceded by a biographical reference. We got to know Ostrovsky not only as a writer but also as a person who was simply and extremely purposeful to a common goal and courageous in the truest sense of the word…
I regret that I could not save this volume of Ostrovsky…"
The book was not saved.
Reviews
Of the 80 roles I played, the role of Pavel Korchagin was the most native one and favourite among the literary heroes. Today, when I meet with young viewers, I often hear questions that boil down to problem how I feel about Pavel Korchagin now? Were the events that his generation had to go through worth it? Has my attitude towards the hero changed?
I always answer: "No, not only has it not changed, but on the contrary, I am even more convinced that this hero is necessary today, and perhaps more than before».
I always answer: "No, not only has it not changed, but on the contrary, I am even more convinced that this hero is necessary today, and perhaps more than before».
Vasily Lanovoy
Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor, National Artist of the USSR
In the historiography devoted to the Great Patriotic War, an important place is occupied by the theme of culture in front-line everyday life. The books presented on the project's website have an extensive geography, cover various events of wartime, contain stories and memories of soldiers and entire military units. I would like to wish that the project will continue to develop and become an assistant in the civil and patriotic education of the young generation of the country and will provide the protection of historical memory from distortion.
Olga Astafyeva
Director of the Centre "Civil Society and Social Communications", Professor of the UNESCO Chair, Doctor of Philosophy
This project allows you to get acquainted with the glorious heroic heritage of our ancestors, expand our understanding of the work of Nikolay Ostrovsky and shows us his influence on the fate of the front-line soldiers, whose books are presented on the site. These stories are not only the heroic legacy of the whole country, but also a testament to the feat of individual people whose names are not always found in history books. I would like to wish that the project continues to develop and be filled with similar memories.
Evgeny Gerasimov
Theatre and film actor, film director, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, Deputy of the Moscow City Duma
It is reliably known that some of the fascism winners in 1941 went to the front straight from school, without knowing life, without fully realizing the deadly horror of war. The photos of the book owners depict young people, and the captions left by them in the books share their thoughts about Nikolay Ostrovsky and his main character Pavel Korchagin, show how the books in the difficult moments of the Great Patriotic War helped to gain strength and courage to fight for the honour of the Motherland. The young with the help of books found the strength to defend the honour and freedom of our Motherland. The surviving books-fighters prove the power of literature as the strongest motivator of actions, which is able to teach people to love and defend the Homeland. And they are also the personification of the symbol of perseverance and heroism of the Soviet man. It is a very exciting project!
Vladislav Epifanov
First Deputy Head of the Administration of the Governor and the Government of the Sakhalin Region
Pavel Korchagin, and later Nikolay Ostrovsky himself, burst into my life when I was a child and forever remained in my soul as an example of courage and willpower. Therefore, when I found out about the «Book-Fighter» project, I immediately wanted to support it. Indeed, we know that there were examples when soldiers carried books that were important to them through the entire War on the fronts. The website provides an opportunity to learn even more about this side of the high spirit of Soviet fighters. I thank all those who conceived and implemented this project. I wish you, dear colleagues, success!
Gulchachak Nazipova
Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor of Kazan State Institute of Culture, Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, Vice-President of ICOM of Russia, member of the Presidium of the Union of Museums of Russia, Executive Director of the Regional Branch of the Russian Military Historical Society in the Republic of Tatarstan
Nikolay Ostrovsky's books brilliantly captured the general faith in our eventual victory, an absolute faith even in the most tragic periods of the War, preserved in the most unbearable circumstances. The wartime books are an irreplaceable historical source today because they combine the destinies of the country, its people, and its veterans with the destinies of the author and the reader. Each book presented on the website "Book-fighter" has its own individual history. They help to understand and feel the great achievements of that time.
Albert Likhanov
Writer, public figure, President of the Union of Public Funds «International Association of Children's Funds», Chairman of the All-Russian public-state organization «Children's Protection Fund»
This is the first time I have encountered such a project. And I am really surprised in a good way! «How Steel was Tempered» is a book that was one of the most iconic for us when we were very young. You won't believe it – we waited in the queue to sign it in the library... We have reviewed the film about Pavel Korchagin many times. Our generation was brought up by such works. And such a careful and painstaking work, which was done by the museum staff, deserves the deepest respect today. Thank you for introducing readers to the personal stories of the heroes of the Great Patriotic War and telling them about the novels that were of great importance to the people of that time. Such work is truly priceless nowadays.
Igor Korneev
Director of the State Borodino War and History Museum and Reserve
Our time is a time of scientific achievements, technology, and discoveries. But of all the miracles created by man, the book remains the most complex and great. And the novel by Nikolay Alekseevich Ostrovsky "How the steel was tempered" for many years served as a guide in choosing a life path and becoming a person. An important and promising project is the website "Book-fighter". Absolutely everything here is very interesting!! The idea, the presentation of the material, the form of patriotic work, a wonderful professional team are great! I wish the project to develop, and good luck for the researchers, the team of like-minded people.
Elena Shcherbakova
Director of the Maloyaroslavets Military History Museum of 1812, Honored Worker of Culture of the Kaluga Region
I am sure that the project will introduce more students with Pavel Korchagin and the creation of Nikolay Ostrovsky and will show what the real values in life are. It will present how to fight and achieve goals. Everyone can talk for nothing, but it's always better to do something than to talk about it.
Igor Zadorozhny
Major of Internal troops of the Ministry of internal Affairs of Russia, Hero of Russia (2003), winner of the Nikolay Ostrovsky Prize
When we were at school, every year before the Victory Day, veterans always came to school to tell us about the war. It's been 75 years since the war ended, and fewer and fewer veterans are alive. Only the photos and the memory remain. And, of course, the books! Through the project we can «touch» the book that went through the war, spent the night in a trench, which remembers the hands of boys and girls who read it between battles, or maybe the hands of an adult man, a sergeant, a father of three children? These books tell us the history from those old times to the present day. It is a wonderful project! Thank you for it!
Yelisova Irina
Editor-in-chief of the magazine "Directory of the head of the cultural institution"
I was particularly struck by the format of the project. Thanks to high-quality digitized archives, we can get in touch with history, get acquainted with the participants of events and learn their thoughts, feelings, experiences. These are incredibly valuable historical documents. It is great that now such information is available on the Internet and everyone will be able to turn to the fate of the glorious defenders of the Motherland and learn about the role of the books of the writer Nikolay Ostrovsky in raising the morale of our military during the Great Patriotic War.
Leila Khalilova
Director of the Municipal State Cultural Institution " Simferopol District Museum named after Nikolay Ostrovsky"
Patriotism is, first of all, the continuity of generations. Getting historical knowledge about the best traditions of the Russian people, about their heroic struggle, feats, talents, we can educate the younger generation. The books of Nikolay Ostrovsky are always relevant, they help us not to give up and believe in the best, in the fact that a person can do everything.
Viktor Neumyvakin
Director of the Department of State Policy in the Field of Secondary Vocational Education and Vocational Training
The project presents the stories of books that inspired the fight against the fascist invaders during the Great Patriotic War. This is a valuable work of museums to preserve the history of our Fatherland and the memory of the feat of our people. It is very important that the project has its own website. Today's young people are used to getting almost all the information from the Internet. The site provides an opportunity to get acquainted with photos of books, original documents, comments of fighters quickly and easily. I wish you a successful implementation of the project!
Elizaveta Yartseva
Director of the Municipal Budget Institution "Integrated Youth Centre of the City District of Dolgoprudny", Deputy of the Council of Deputies of the City District of Dolgoprudny, member of the Chamber of Young Legislators under the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation
At the cost of millions of lives, our grandfathers and great-grandfathers stopped fascism, gave peace and freedom to future generations. Today, our most important task is to preserve the historical truth and the memory of the heroic feat of our people. This project is about the lessons of love for the Fatherland. By the example of the heroes of the works of Nikolay Ostrovsky we can bring up worthy young people, for whom the future of Russia lies.
Kirill Shchitov
Chairman of the Moscow City Duma Commission on Security, Sports and Youth Policy
I really liked the format of the "Book-Fighter" project. On the one hand, it is very modern, clear, and convenient. And, on the other hand, the topic of old books, front-line letters, wartime is so well presented and adapted...Thank you for making the project accessible and interesting for people of different generations and preferences in this way.
Alexander Legkov
Olympic champion, Chief of the regional branch of the All-Russian children's and Youth military-patriotic public movement "YUNARMIYA" of the Moscow region
Once upon a time, studying the activities of the "Young Guard" during the Great Patriotic War, I learned that Oleg Koshevoy often turned to the works of Nikolay Ostrovsky to raise the morale of his comrades. The image of Pavel Korchagin became an example for the young guards who gave their lives for the Motherland. The project "Book-Fighter" revealed to me an amazing historical fact about the defeat of Nazi Germany: the novel "How the steel was tempered" helped in the fight against the enemy no less than weapons, by inspiring, encouraging action, setting an example of a life lived with a high goal of serving the people and Fatherland. It is a very interesting project. I want to visit museums and see these legendary books.
Alexander Tolmachev
Head of the Moscow Regional Branch, Federal Coordinator for the Central Federal District of the All-Russian Public Organization «Young Guard of United Russia»
It is very great that in the year of the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory, the Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky began to implement the project "Book-fighter". The materials of the project help us to implement children's educational programs, expand our capabilities. The website of the project "Book-Fighter" allows you to touch the real history of each of the books, to trace their reader's history, to discover their perception by the soldiers of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, and through them to be able to track the real destinies of people.
Natalia Granatovich
Acting Director of the Central Municipal Library of the city of Krasnozmensk of Moscow region, winner of the award of the Governor of the Moscow Region "Our Moscow Region"
When events fade into the past, the heroes of books and their authors gradually disappear from memory, fade into oblivion, ceasing to be role models for the new generation. The "Book-Fighter" project allows us to take a fresh look at the role of literature in wartime. And it is very important to us, the staff of libraries and museums, that the heroes of the past, both books and people, are relevant to contemporaries, are not perceived by them as something static and forgotten but continue to live and inspire more and more new readers.
Tatiana Zelyanina
Head of the department "Children's Library 231 named after Nikolay Ostrovsky" of the Central Library of the North-Western Administrative District of Moscow
The materials provided by the «Book-Fighter» project are unique, they introduce us to previously unknown human stories that took place on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. The project's website has become an indispensable tool for us in the preparation of cultural and educational events dedicated to the life and work of Nikolay Ostrovsky, as well as for educational and patriotic programs for children and young people.
Natalia Fedorova
Head of the Nikolay Ostrovsky Central Children Library, Deputy Director of the MBUK "BIS of Kurgan»
The project "Book-fighter" is remarkable for its "humanity". On the project's website, we get acquainted not only with the brave defenders of the Motherland and the military, but also with people who are deeply sensitive, sincere, and selfless. Such projects immerse us in the difficult era of the Great Patriotic War, make us direct participants in the events. This is very valuable for the memory of the feat of our people.
Maria Konovalova
Director of the Regional Special Library for the Blind named after Nikolay Ostrovsky, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences.
Our library has never stopped promoting the works of Nikolay Ostrovsky. In 2019, we celebrated the writer's 115th birthday at the library's literary club. We have been connected by a long-term friendship with the State Museum "Overcoming", its employees gave lectures and discussions about the work of Nikolay Ostrovsky. Therefore, we fully support the wonderful idea of the project! The books of the writer should not be forgotten, they contain both our history and our memory. Thank you! Wish you creative success!
Natalia Molchanova
Head of the Klyazma City Department of the Central Library of the Pushkin City District
Thank you for your hard work! The site has a great potential for development. Perhaps it would be advisable to add more interactivity. For example, the ability to download Ostrovsky's books. I liked the story of the besieged Leningrad and the story of veteran Lazukov. To realize that even after many years, he kept warm memories of his book, gave the strongest emotions and admiration. I hope the book will be found!
Daria Davydova
Opera singer, leading soloist of VGTRK "Culture", guest leading singer of the Bolshoi Theatre
I am interested in this project and I write and publish in collections myself. I believe that we need such a site. Now a lot of photos of books can be found on the Internet, and when young people see a photo of an old publication, they start to get interested, maybe they even find something similar on their book shelf, then they read it and share it on the Internet. I hope there will be more such projects. I think I will not stop and will continue to write a story about the Great Patriotic War.
Viktor Babarykin
Artist, writer, Winner of the international prize "Philanthropist"
Most of all, I was struck by the story of Sasha Bondarenko - a young anti-fascist hero. Not only his feat, but also his careful attitude to the cultural heritage of our country is amazing. During the German offensive, he saved more than 350 books from destruction! Sasha is an example of true courage and patriotism. Such stories must be told and heard. I sincerely thank the team of the project "Book-fighter".
Sergey Bogachev
Director of LLC "Educational programs", of City of Tver, Candidate of Economic Sciences.
Volunteer searchers, as people who are firsthand familiar with the front-line life of our soldiers during the Great Patriotic War, highly appreciate and understand the semantic and emotional significance of every thing that passed the war, that related to human life, its aspirations, desires, and often tragedy. The project is interesting and very important. It speaks and clearly shows the unshakable spirit of our army, of our people who were brought up on the feats and values of the Soviet state sung by culture and art. These values, paintings, poems, songs, books helped to win and not to falter in difficult conditions. The search community warmly welcomes and supports the project. We wish its authors success and are ready to help in their implementation.
Anton Kuznetsov
Chairman of the Regional Council of the Regional Branch of the All-Russian Public Movement "Search Movement of Russia" in the Moscow Region
An unexpected and original "Book-fighter" project is presented in the Moscow Museum of Nikolay Ostrovsky. The virtual exhibition is dedicated to the legendary book "How the steel was tempered". For many readers, this book is just a memory of the school curriculum, but for the generation of the war years, the characters of its heroes served as a model of the best moral qualities of the Soviet man which are loyalty to the Motherland and the ideals, indomitable will to achieve set goals. It is impossible to underestimate the importance of the moral and psychological attitude of the fighters to win the war. The Soviet government understood this and published the novel in huge editions, so both Ostrovsky and Korchagin took an active part in the Great Patriotic War. And the well-deserved laurels of the winners belong to them no less than to those who really trampled down the military roads and reached Berlin.
Nikolay Glazunov
Deputy Head of the Methodological Centre for Complex Rehabilitation of the Federal Centre for Scientific, Methodological and Methodological Support for the Development of the System of Complex Rehabilitation and Habilitation of Disabled People and Disabled Children of the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation.
The topic of the project is still relevant today, in the days of the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory. This topic will remain relevant as long as the memory of millions of human lives, of our grandfathers and great-grandfathers, is alive in the people. As I understand it, the main goal of the project is not to let you forget those terrible years of the War. The writer Nikolay Alekseevich Ostrovsky, whose books were read during these war years, foresaw the horrors that fascism brings, long before the onset of the Second World War. The amazing fate of books and their owners can not leave anyone indifferent.
Svetlana Korneeva
Candidate of Historical Sciences
"The Book-Fighter" is an amazing and very necessary project. It not only preserves the memory of the most important parts of the history of our country, but also shows how creativity and art give a person the strength to live, inspire and motivate them even in the most difficult and terrible times. Such a project has a huge cultural and educational value. Thanks!
Maxim Alabyan
Rector of the Higher School of Entrepreneurship in Tver, expert on higher education programs of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
"The Book-fighter" is an intermuseum project that tells about the fate of soldiers and the books of the writer Ostrovsky, whch went through the Great Patriotic War together with them. Some of the stories are breathtaking…You are amazed at how strong the will was to win and the sense of duty of these heroes. It is especially admirable that even in unbearable conditions, in trenches and dugouts, soldiers continued to read any works that inspired them to great feats, led to victory. Thank you for telling us these stories.
Julia Platonova
Director of the Municipal Budget Institution of Culture "District Cultural Center" of the municipality of Melekessky district of the Ulyanovsk region
I want to thank the team of the "Book-Fighter" project for this wonderful website. It contains amazing memories of soldiers of the Great Patriotic War, in whose lives the heroic novels of Nikolay Ostrovsky played a significant role. It's incredible how books could support and guide in battle! Such projects touch from the bottom of my heart and inspire even greater respect and reverence for the generation that defended our country.
Saltanat Zaika
Head of the Central Children's Library named after Nikolay Ostrovsky, Deputy Director of Municipal Budget Institution of Culture "Central Library of Sochi"
A lot has been said about the historical and spiritual value of the "Book-Fighter" project, and I fully share these opinions! Separately, I would like to say about the wonderful and very convenient design of the project. Sheets of yellowed paper, books that have been under fire, old handwritten notes very sensitively convey the historical era. It's an incredible feeling when, having opened a computer, you can be transported to a completely different time and "touch" objects of a different era. This is a wonderful job, thanks to the creators of this project.
Alexander Sergeev
Director of the Municipal Cultural Institution of the Central Committee "Mechta", Orekhovo-Zuyevo
In our country there is probably not a single family that would not have been affected by the Great Patriotic War. Every year more and more people who could tell us themselves about what helped them to get through the heat of war pass away. The «Book-Fighter» project takes on the role of such a collector and storyteller, to whom you can turn for examples of infinite courage and patience.
Tatiana Apostolova
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Moscow City Pedagogical University
I read the book "How the steel was tempered" a long time ago, and I don't remember well what it was about. But the project got me hooked. Here you can see the courage of our great-grandfathers. It is clear that for them Nikolay Ostrovsky and his work were perceived differently, that they could found themselves in his characters, and the example of the heroes of the book helped them to remain human. I would like to learn more about the owners of books and read about them.
Vyacheslav Mishin
Executive Director of the national championship of professional skill "Abilympics"
Tamara Andronova
Mastermind of the project
Igor Dumenko
Project Manager,
Moscow
Moscow
Zumchenko Lyudmila
Project Manager, Sochi
Tatiana Kharabina
Curator of the project, Moscow
Tatiana Rybalko
Curator of the project,
Novorossiysk
Novorossiysk
Elena Skripkina
Curator of the project,
Sochi
Sochi
Olga Vinogradova
Search and study of materials, Moscow
Alexandra Ivanko
Search and study of materials, Novorossiysk
Galina Lubimova
Search and study of materials, Sochi
Anna Vorobyova
Interaction with public organizations, Moscow
Ksenia Pertseva
The development and support of the site, Moscow
Yulia Kirova
Promotion of the project and media relations, Moscow
Valeria Yakovleva
Promotion of the project and media relations, Sochi
Yuri Dubov
Photographing project materials, Novorossiysk
Shirkin Anton
Photographing project materials, Moscow
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