Works about the war. Works about the Great Patriotic War. Stories, stories, sketches. The best books about the great patriotic war by the military author

A huge number of works are devoted to military topics. Many of them display real people and true historical events. These books are imbued with a special tragedy, and do not allow the reader to forget about the heroic deeds of people who found themselves at the front and faced death face to face. The best books on war, the list of which is located below, gained immense popularity among readers and became public domain.

The story of a real man

"The Story of a Real Man" opens a list of the best military works. The author of the book, Boris Polevoy, saw all the horrors of the war throughout the entire period of battles during the Second World War. The writer was a correspondent for the Pravda newspaper, so he visited many fronts. The story is based on real events that took place in the life of the Soviet pilot Alexei Maresyev. As a result of the hostilities, the main character was seriously injured, and the pilot had to amputate both legs. Despite this, Alexei did not lose heart and found the strength to return to the ranks of the pilots and perform many heroic deeds.

Until dawn

"Until Dawn" included in the list of the best books on military topics. Its author is the Belarusian writer Vasil Bykov, for which he was awarded the honorary State Prize of the USSR. The main character of the story is Lieutenant Igor Ivanovsky. He has to complete a difficult task: to blow up a German base with ammunition. Everything is not going according to plan and the operation fails. However, the fighter does not give up. Seriously wounded, he undermines himself so that the enemy will suffer losses.

Not on the lists

"Not on the lists" is one of the best books about the war, which belongs to Boris Vasiliev. The actions of the book unfold at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War and are directly related to the siege of the Brest Fortress by the Germans. Just before the start of hostilities, the main character Nikolai Pluzhnikov falls into it. There he meets a girl named Mirra, with whom he starts an affair. A stubborn confrontation of the protagonist of the fascist army begins, which will last for nine months. Pluzhnikov makes attempts to rescue his beloved, who turns out to be pregnant from this hell, but she is killed. Despite everything, Nikolai continues to wage a desperate struggle against the German soldiers.

War is not a woman's face

"War has not a woman's face"- a book about the war, written by Svetlana Aleksievich. Historical events during the Second World War are shown through the eyes of a woman. The author of the book tries to convey that woman and war are completely incompatible. Woman is created to give life, and war is to take it. The novel includes stories of real war veterans. For a long time, the book was not published, since Aleksievich was accused of debunking the image of a Soviet woman-hero. When the book was published, it gained immense popularity, first of all, among the female half of the readers.

Cursed and killed

"Cursed and Killed" deserves the title of the best work about the war. The book was written by a former front-line soldier Viktor Astafiev, who went to the front as a volunteer. The author shares his own impressions and expresses his own opinion in relation to the war. He describes in detail the historical events that took place during those terrible years. Astafyev shows the cruel bloody reality without embellishment and hints that he sees absolutely no point in the war, during which millions of people had to suffer.

The living and the dead

"The Living and the Dead"- one of the most significant works about the war, written by the Russian writer Konstantin Simonov. The book is an epic novel, which includes three parts. The first part is nothing more than a reproduction of the author's personal diary from the front, who, as a correspondent, visited many fronts and saw the fighting live. In the book, the writer reproduces events from the very beginning of the war to its end. The author shows the fierce struggle of the Russian people against the fascists.

And the dawns here are quiet

"The Dawns Here Are Quiet"- Boris Vasiliev's book about the war, included in the list of the best. The plot is based on a real story related to the events of the Great Patriotic War. Several soldiers commit a heroic deed, stopping the enemy, who was about to blow up the Kirov railway. During the operation, all soldiers are killed. Only the commander manages to escape. To give the greatest tragedy, the author decided to replace male images with female ones. The prototypes of the work are also real girls with whom Vasiliev studied at the same school.

Hot Snow

"Hot Snow"- the best novel about the war by Yuri Bondarev. The action takes place at Stalingrad in 42nd. The author based the book on real events that took place during the Great Patriotic War. The German group is trying to unblock Paulus's army, which is surrounded on all sides. The main characters of the work are two lieutenants who command artillery platoons. A far from easy relationship is developing between them due to different views on life and characters. One of them, by the name of Drozdovsky, dreams of becoming a hero, but in the end another lieutenant Kuznetsov becomes him. Most of the events in the book are described against the backdrop of hostilities.

The battalions ask for fire

"The battalions are asking for fire"- one of the best works of military subjects, written by Yuri Bondarev. In the center of the plot are two battalions that were supposed to cross the Dnieper in order to divert enemy forces. The commanders were ordered to strengthen their foothold and engage in battle. After that, artillery fire was to be brought down on the enemy, but this did not happen. In the course of the unfolding events, the higher leadership gives a new order, and two battalions remain trapped by the enemy, doomed to certain death. All that remains for them is hoping that help will come and fight to the last.

All Quiet on the Western Front

All Quiet on the Western Front included in the list of the best books about the war. The novel belongs to the famous German writer Erich Maria Remarque. This work is about the harsh reality that soldiers, who yesterday were carefree boys, had to face. The author describes the fate of the “lost generation”, which were disfigured by the war, could not adapt and find application in peaceful life. The protagonist of the anti-war novel is a young soldier named Pauel Boyer, on whose behalf the story is being told. The work covers a four-year period (1914-1918), when Germany was fighting against several states at once, including Russia, America, etc.

- In the book - not a poster-glossy picture of the war. The front-line soldier Astafyev shows all the horror of the war, all that our soldiers had to go through, endure both from the Germans and from their own leadership, which often did not value human life. The piercingly tragic, terrible work does not belittle, as some believe, but on the contrary, even more elevates the feat of our soldiers, who won in such inhuman conditions.

At one time, the work caused ambiguous responses. This novel is an attempt to tell the whole truth about the war, to say that the war was so inhuman, tough (and on both sides) that it is impossible to write a novel about it. One can only create powerful fragments that approach the very essence of the war.

Astafyev, in a sense, answered a question that is often heard both in criticism and in readers' reflections: Why do we not have "War and Peace" about the Great Patriotic War? It was impossible to write about that war of such a novel: this truth is too heavy. War cannot be varnished, covered with gloss, it is impossible to get away from its bloody essence. Astafiev, a man who went through the war, was against the approach in which it becomes the subject of an ideological struggle.

Pasternak has a definition that a book is a piece of a smoking conscience, and nothing else. Astafiev's novel deserves this definition.

The novel caused and is causing controversy. This suggests that in the literature on war, the point can never be put, and the controversy will continue.

"The detachment has left." The story of Leonid Borodin

Borodin was a staunch opponent of the Soviet regime. But at the same time - a patriot, a nationalist in the good sense of the word. He is interested in the position of those people who did not accept either Hitler or Stalin, or Soviet power, or fascist power. Hence the agonizing question: how can these people find the truth during the war? It seems to me that he very accurately described in his story the Soviet people - charming, incredibly attractive to the reader - they are communists, they believe in Stalin, but they have so much sincerity and honesty; and those who do not accept Stalin.

The action takes place in the occupied territory, the partisan detachment must break out of the encirclement, and only a person who began to work as a German headman and who used to be the owner of the estate where the action takes place can help them. And in the end he helps Soviet soldiers, but for him this is not an easy choice ...

These three works - Astafiev, Vladimov and Borodin are remarkable in that they show a very complex picture of the war that cannot be reduced to a single plane. And in all three, the main thing is love and the knowledge that our deed was right, but not at the level of primitive slogans, this righteousness is hard-won.

"Life and Fate" by Vasily Grossman.

- This novel gives a completely realistic description of the war and at the same time, not just "everyday sketches." This is a cast from society and the era.

Stories by Vasil Bykov

- Front-line soldier Bykov talks about the war without unnecessary emotions. The writer was also one of the first to show the invaders, the Germans, not as abstract monsters, but as ordinary people, in peacetime possessing the same professions as Soviet soldiers, and this makes the situation even more tragic.

Works by Bulat Okudzhava

- The book of the front-line soldier Okudzhava "Be healthy, schoolboy!" attracts with an unusual, intelligent look at the horrors of war.

– A touching story by Bulat Okudzhava "Be healthy, schoolboy!" It was written by a genuine patriot who forged his passport: he increased his age to go to the front, where he became a sapper, was wounded ... In Soviet times, the story stood out for its sincerity, frankness and poetry against the background of many ideological cliches. This is one of the best fiction about the war. And if he has already started talking about Okudzhava, then what are his soulful and heartbreaking songs about the war. What is "Oh, war, what have you done, vile ..."!

Military prose and poetry of Bulat Okudzhava is associated with screenplays. Theme: the little man and the war. A man walking forward, not sparing “neither bullets nor grenades” and ready “not to stand up for the price” - to give his life for victory, although he really wants to return ...

Tale: "Be healthy, schoolboy!" "Music lessons". And, of course, poems that everyone knows. I will cite only four, maybe not the most frequently performed ones.

Jazz musicians

S. Rassadin

Jazz players went to the militia
civilian without throwing off his vestments.
Trombones and tap dance kings
untrained soldiers went.

Clarinets princes, like princes of blood,
the saxophone masters walked,
and, besides, there were sorcerers of drumsticks
creaky scaffolds of war.

To replace all the worries left behind
the only one ripe ahead,
and the violinists lay down to the machine guns,
and machine guns fought on their chest.

But what to do, what to do if
attacks were in vogue, not songs?
Who could then take their courage into account,
when did they have the honor to die?

The first battles have hardly died down,
they were lying side by side. No movement.
In pre-war sewing costumes,
as if pretending and joking.

Their ranks thinned and dwindled.
They were killed, they were forgotten.
And yet, to the music of the Earth
they brought them into a bright remembrance,

when on a patch of the globe
under the May march, so solemn,
beat off heels while dancing, couple
for the rest of their souls. For peace.

Don't believe the war, boy
do not believe it: she is sad.
She is sad, boy
like boots, cramped.

Your dashing horses
will not be able to do anything:
you're all - as in the palm of your hand,
all bullets are in one.
* * *

A rider rode on a horse.

Artillery screamed.
The tank was shooting. The soul was burning.
The gallows in the threshing floor ...
Illustration for the war.

I certainly won't die:
you will bandage my wounds,
you will say an affectionate word.
Everything will be delayed by morning ...
Illustration for good.

The world is mixed with blood.
This is our last shore.
Maybe someone won't believe -
don't break the thread ...
Illustration for love.

Oh, I somehow can't believe that I, brother, fought.
Or maybe it was a schoolboy who drew me:
I swing my arms, I bitch my legs,
and I hope to survive, and I want to win.

Oh, I somehow can't believe that I, brother, killed.
Or maybe I just went to the cinema in the evening?
And I did not have enough weapons, destroying someone else's life,
and my hands are clean, and my soul is righteous.

Ah, I somehow can't believe that I didn't fall in battle.
Or maybe, shot, I have been living in paradise for a long time,
and booths there, and groves there, and curls over the shoulders ...
And this beautiful life only dreams at night.

By the way, Bulat Shalvovich's birthday is May 9. His legacy is a peaceful spring sky: war must never repeat itself:

“Again spring in this world -

Take your overcoat, let's go home! "

P.S. Miraculously Bulat Shalvovich was baptized just before the end of his earthly life. In baptism he is John. Kingdom of heaven!

Slaughterhouse Five, or the Children's Crusade by Kurt Vonnegut

- If we talk about the Great Patriotic War as part of the Second World War. An autobiographical novel by an American writer - about the meaninglessness, heartlessness of war.

“I fought in a fighter plane. Those who took the first blow. 1941-1942 "and" I fought with the aces of the Luftwaffe. To replace the fallen. 1943-1945 "Artem Drabkin

The most popular books about the war are written by eyewitnesses of the terrible war years:

Three of the most popular wartime writers:

1. The famous Soviet writer Boris Vasiliev went to the front at the age of 41, while still a schoolboy. His most famous work can be considered the story "The Dawns Here Are Quiet", a film was shot based on this book, which takes an honorable 1st place in our rating of the TOP 70 best films about the war. Boris Vasiliev wrote quite a few interesting books about the war, which later formed the basis of films.
2. No less popular Belarusian writer Vasil Bykov. He, like Boris Vasiliev, was still very young when the Great Patriotic War began. In June 1941 V. Bykov graduated from the 10th grade, in 1942 he was drafted to the front. He took part in combat battles. He became famous for his works: "Sotnikov", "Until Dawn", "To Go and Not to Return" and others.
3. Konstantin Simonov is another famous Soviet military writer. With the beginning of the war, he was drafted into the army. He was a war correspondent and visited all fronts. In 1943 he was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel, after the war, colonel. Konstantin Simonov wrote not one of the best books about the war. It is not for nothing that his name appears frequently on our list.

In our list of the best books about the war, you will see the works of famous writers such as Yu Bondarev, M. Sholokhov, B. Polevoy, V. Pikul and others.

Great battles are described in many books about the war. Many historical facts can be learned from these fiction books. Therefore, they are very useful for reading by teenagers and schoolchildren. Patriotism and courage are also described in poems about the war, such poems make everyone think.

The best books on battles and battles

• "In the trenches of Stalingrad" - Viktor Nekrasov
• "The Living and the Dead" - Konstantin Simonov
• "Soldiers are not born" - Konstantin Simonov
• "Last Summer" - Konstantin Simanov
• "Hot Snow" - Yuri Bondarev
• "The battalions are asking for fire" - Yuri Bondarev
• "The Blockade Book" - Ales Adamovich, Daniil Granin
• "They fought for the Motherland" - Mikhail Sholokhov
• "The Road of Life" - N. Hodza
• “Not on the lists” - Boris Vasiliev
• "Brest Fortress" - Sergey Smirnov
• Baltic Sky - Nikolay Chukovsky
• "Stalingrad" - Viktor Nekrasov

The heroism of an ordinary person, during the war, was not so grandiose, no less important, because it was thanks to the Russian people that we won a great victory over fascism.

The best books about heroism and the fate of people

• "Sotnikov" - Vasil Bykov
• "Vasily Terkin" - Alexander Tvardovsky
• "Obelisk" - Vasil Bykov
• "Until Dawn" - Vasily Bykov
• "Cursed and Killed" - Victor Astafiev
• "Life and Fate" - Vasily Grossman
• "Live and Remember" - Valentin Rasputin
• "Penal Battalion" - Eduard Volodarsky
• "War is like war" - Viktor Kurochkin
• "Officers" - Boris Vasiliev
• "Aty-bats were soldiers" - Boris Vasiliev
• "Badge of Trouble" - Vasil Bykov
• "Swamp" - Vasil Bykov
• "The Story of a Real Man" - Boris Polevoy

Soviet intelligence officers made no small contribution during the Great Patriotic War, which is why so many books have been written about the exploits of Soviet intelligence officers. We have selected the best books on this subject for you.

Best Scout Books

• "The Moment of Truth" - Vladimir Bogomolov.
• "Seventeen Moments of Spring" - Yu. Semyonov
• "Strong in spirit" - Dmitry Nikolaevich Medvedev
• "Shield and Sword" - Vadim Kozhevnikov
• "Take it alive" - ​​Vladimir Karpov
• "On the edge of the abyss" - Yuri Ivanov
• Ocean Patrol - Valentin Pikul

The role of Russian women during the war. They fought on an equal footing with men, no wonder their heroism is described in the best books about the war.

The best books on the exploits of women

• "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" - Boris Vasiliev
• "War has no woman's face" - Svetlana Alekseevich
• "Madonna of the rationed bread" - Maria Glushko
• "The fourth height" - Elena Ilyina
• "To go and not to return" - Vasilya Bykova
• "The Tale of Zoya and Shura" - Lyubov Kosmodemyanskaya
• "Human Mother" - Vitaly Zakrutin
• "Partisan Lara" - Nadezhda Nadezhdina
• "Girl's team" - P. Breeders, F. Samoilov

War through the eyes of children and adolescents. How early they had to grow up.

The best books about the exploits of children and youth

• "Young Guard" - Alexander Fadeev
• “The last witnesses. Solo for a child's voice "- Svetlana Alekseevich
• "Street of the Youngest Son" - Lev Kassil, Max Polyanovsky
• "Son of the Regiment" - Valentin Kataev
• "Boys with bows" - Valentin Pikul

Peaceful life before the war years. Romance, love and hopes were all cut short by the war.

The best books on life before the war

• "Tomorrow was the war" - Boris Vasiliev
• "Goodbye Boys" - Boris Balter

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about the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945.
I know no fault of mine

That others

did not come from the war,

The fact that they are older

who is younger -

Remained there, and not about the same speech,

That I could have them,

but could not save, -

It's not about that, but still,

nevertheless, nevertheless ...

Alexander Tvardovsky
The theme of the Great Patriotic War, having appeared from the very beginning of the war in our literature, still worries both writers and readers. Unfortunately, authors who knew about the war firsthand, but they left for us in their talented works their heartfelt vision of events, are gradually passing away, having managed to convey the atmosphere of bitter, terrible and at the same time solemn and heroic years.

Books about the war should be read from childhood, so as not to lose the thread of memory of the valor of our compatriots who gave us life. We offer you an annotated recommendation list of the best works about the Great Patriotic War. The list is arranged in alphabetical order by authors. All presented literary masterpieces have a full-text analogue on the Internet.

For primary grades

		Voronkova L.F. Girl from the city The story "Girl from the City", written in the harsh year of 1943, still touches the hearts of children and adults. All the best in a person is most clearly manifested in the years of difficult trials. This is confirmed by the story of a small refugee Valentinka, who found herself among strangers in an unfamiliar village.
		Gaidar A.P. The Tale of the Military Secret, about the Boy-Kibalchish and his firm word A heroic tale of a wonderful children's writer. All the best features of our boys, who dream of accomplishing a real feat in the name of the Motherland, are embodied in Malchish-Kibalchish. The Great Victory would not have been won if it had not been for such big and small heroes. Didn't the fate of the pioneer heroes repeat the fate of Malchish-Kibalchish?
		Kassil L. Street of the youngest son The story of the life and death of a young partisan Volodya Dubinin - a hero of the Great Patriotic War.
		Kataev V. Son of the regiment The orphan boy Vanya Solntsev, by the will of fate, ended up in a military unit to the scouts. His stubborn character, pure soul and boyish courage were able to overcome the resistance of harsh military people and helped him stay at the front, become the son of the regiment.
		Mikhalkov S. Byl for children Despite the well-known ideological orientation, "Fairy for Children" is a good work about the war, capable of conveying to modern children what our country endured at that terrible time. The poem covers the events of 1941-1945. This resource represents scanned pages of the book (Children's Literature, M., 1969) with drawings by N. Kochergin.
		Oseeva V.A. Vasek Trubachev and his comrades The heroes of the trilogy "Vasyok Trubachev and his comrades" lived, studied, played naughty, made friends and quarreled several decades ago, but it is all the more interesting to travel in a "time machine" and look into their world. But the cloudless childhood for Trubachev and his friends turned out to be too short: it was cut short by the Great Patriotic War.
		Paustovsky K. G. Adventures of the rhinoceros beetle The soldier carried a rhinoceros beetle with him in his travel bag, which his son gave him as a souvenir before leaving for the front. This beetle became a good comrade to the soldier in military life. They went through a lot together, both have something to remember.
		Platonov A. Nikita The story is named after the main character - a little boy Nikita. The writer Andrei Platonov was one of those who forever remembered what he was like as a child - and not everyone remembers that. Probably, Platonov was never told in childhood: you are not yet mature enough, this is not your mind. Therefore, he tells us about small people, and respects them as big. And they, too, respect themselves in his stories, they even see that they, perhaps, are the most important here on earth ...
		Platonov A. Flower on earth The world is wide, it contains a lot of interesting things. The little man makes discoveries every day. The hero of the story "A Flower on Earth" suddenly looked at an ordinary flower with completely different eyes. Grandfather helped his grandson to see the holy worker in the flower.
		Simonov K. Son of an artilleryman The ballad of K. Simonov is based on real events. The poetic story about Major Deev and Lyonka is remembered from the first reading, it is so simple, clear and impressively written.
		Yakovlev Y. Girls from Vasilievsky Island Yuri Yakovlev in his stories reveals to children the whole truth of life as it is, not hiding from solving problems behind the external fascination of the plot. The book "Girls from Vasilievsky Island" - a story about little Tanya Savicheva, who died of hunger, was written on the basis of her surviving records.
For grades 5-7
		Bogomolov V.O. Ivan A tragic and true story about a brave scout boy who sacrifices himself every day, consciously carrying an adult service that not every adult fighter can do.
		Kozlov V. Vitka from Chapaevskaya street The book tells about teenagers who went on a campaign just before the start of the war. They fully survived the difficulties and dangers of war, like the entire Russian people. So growing up came to them. The story "Vitka from Chapaevskaya Street" by V. Kozlov was read by more than one generation of boys and girls.
		Korolkov Y. Pioneers-Heroes. Lyonya Golikov During the Great Patriotic War, when the Nazis invaded Novgorod land, Lenya Golikov joined the ranks of the people's avengers. The story is based on real events. The text is accompanied by drawings by V. Yudin.
		Platonov A. Tree of the Motherland This is not so much a story as a parable, which speaks of the unnaturalness of war, of the powerlessness of death in the face of the Soldier's stubborn desire to withstand in the name of life, to protect his mother, earth, homeland - everything that is dear and sacred to him.
		Platonov A. Sampo Sampo is a fabulous self-contained mill that can feed everyone for free. Andrei Platonov's parable tells about a small collective farm called "Good Life", where hardworking people lived who did not dream of a wonderful mill. Everything they had was obtained by labor. But this was not enough to protect the "Good Life" from the evil enemy
		Ochkin A. Ya. Ivan - I, Fedorovs - we In this story there are real events and almost all real names. The author describes the military affairs of his friend, "brother" Vanya Fedorov, who died in Stalingrad as a hero's death. Aleksey Yakovlevich Ochkin himself began the war on the Don, participated in the Battle of Stalingrad, repeated the feat of Alexander Matrosov on the Kursk Bulge, was more than once seriously wounded, but reached the end of the war on the roads of the war: he participated in the storming of Berlin and the liberation of Prague.
		Rudny V. Children of Captain Granin The Gangut Peninsula, located at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland, has become the most important strategic point since the first days of the Great Patriotic War. Its defenders not only did not allow a single large enemy ship, which could pose a serious threat to Leningrad, into the Gulf of Finland, but also pulled off significant enemy forces at the most decisive moment.
		Tolstoy A.N. Russian character During the Kursk massacre, Lieutenant Yegor Dremov barely managed to escape from the burning tank. He survived and even retained his sight, but after several operations his burnt face changed beyond recognition. This is how he arrived at his home. We learn about this return from the story "Russian Character".
For grades 8-9
		Adamovich A., Granin D. The blockade book Daniil Granin called the nine hundred days of the siege of Leningrad "an epic of human suffering." The documentary chronicle is based on the memoirs and diaries of hundreds of Leningraders who survived the blockade.
		Adamovich A. Khatyn story In Belarus, the Nazis committed atrocities like nowhere else: more than 9200 villages were destroyed, in more than 600 of them almost all residents were killed or burned, only a few were saved. "The Khatyn Tale" is written on documentary material. It is dedicated to the struggle of the Belarusian partisans. One of them - Flera - recalls the events of the last war.
		Aitmatov Ch.T. Early cranes The harsh years of the Great Patriotic War. Distant Kyrgyz aul. Men are at the front. The heroes of the story are schoolchildren. The best, the strongest of them must raise the abandoned fields, give bread to the front, families. And children deeply understand this. The war became a severe test for adolescents, but it did not kill in them the ability to enjoy life, see beauty, share joy with others.
		Baklanov G. Forever - nineteen This book is about those who did not return from the war, about love, about life, about youth, about immortality. In the book, in parallel with the narration, there is a photo story. “The people who are in these photographs,” writes the author, “I did not meet at the front and did not know. They were captured by photojournalists and, perhaps, this is all that remains of them. "
		Vasiliev B.L. And the dawns here are quiet ... This work is one of the most poignant works about the war in its lyricism and tragedy. The bright images of the girls - the main heroines of the story, their dreams and memories of their loved ones, create a striking contrast to the inhuman face of the war, which spares no one.
		Kazakevich E. Zvezda This work was created on the basis of the war experience experienced by the author at the sight of suffering and loss of life. The tragically sad and bright story about a group of divisional scouts sounds like a revelation and penetrates into the souls of people.
		Kosmodemyanskaya L.T. The tale of Zoya and Shura Children of L.T. Kosmodemyanskaya died in the fight against fascism, defending the freedom and independence of their people. She tells about them in the story. Through the book, you can trace the life of Zoya and Shura Kosmodemyanskiy day after day, find out their interests, thoughts, dreams.
		Polevoy B. The Story of a Real Man "The Story of a Real Man" - the story of BN Polevoy in 1946 about the Soviet pilot Meresiev, who was shot down in the battle of the Great Patriotic War. After being seriously wounded, doctors amputated both of his legs. But he decided he would fly.
		Tvardovsky A.T. Vasily Turkin AT Tvardovsky created the immortal image of a Soviet soldier in a deeply truthful poem full of humor, classically clear in its poetic form "Vasily Tyorkin". This work became a vivid embodiment of the Russian character and national feelings of the era of the Great Patriotic War.
		Sholokhov A. The fate of man The story in the story of M.A. Sholokhov's "The Fate of a Man" is a story about an ordinary man in a big war, who at the cost of losing loved ones, comrades, with his courage and heroism, gave the right to life and freedom to the Motherland. The traits of the Russian national character are concentrated in the image of Andrei Sokolov.
For high school
	Adamovich A. Punishers "Punishers" - a bloody chronicle of the destruction by the battalion of Hitler's punisher Dirlewanger of seven peaceful villages on the territory of the temporarily occupied Belarus. The chapters bear the corresponding titles: "The first settlement", "The second settlement", "Between the third and the fourth settlement", etc. Each chapter contains excerpts from documents on the activities of punitive detachments and their participants.
	Bogomolov V. Moment of Truth The plot develops on the basis of a tense confrontation between SMERSH officers and a group of German saboteurs. The Moment of Truth is the most famous novel in the history of Russian literature about the work of counterintelligence during the Great Patriotic War, translated into more than 30 languages.
	Bykov V. Sotnikov The whole work of V. Bykov is characterized by the problem of the moral choice of a hero in a war. In the story "Sotnikov" not representatives of two different worlds collide, but people of one country. The heroes of the work - Sotnikov and Rybak - under normal conditions, perhaps, would not have shown their true nature. The reader will have to think, together with the author, about the eternal philosophical questions: the cost of life and death, cowardice and heroism, loyalty to duty and betrayal. An in-depth psychological analysis of every action and gesture of the heroes, fleeting thoughts or remarks is one of the strongest sides of the story. The Pope awarded the writer V. Bykov for the story "Sotnikov" a special prize of the Catholic Church.
	Vorobiev K. Killed near Moscow The story "Killed near Moscow" became the first work of K. Vorobyov from the category of those that were called "lieutenant's prose" by critics. Vorobyov talked about the "incredible reality of war", which he himself witnessed during the battles near Moscow in the winter of 1941. The war, bursting into human life, affects it like nothing else, radically changes it.
	V. Kondratyev Sashka The events in the story "Sashka" take place in 1942. The author himself is a front-line soldier and fought near Rzhev, just like his hero. The story shows people in war and in life. The writer considered it his duty to convey the bitter military truth to his readers. He reproduces military life in every detail, which gives his narration a special realism, makes the reader an accomplice in the events. For the people fighting here, even the smallest trifle is forever engraved in the memory.
	Nekrasov V. In the trenches of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad, which decided the outcome of the Great Patriotic War, is captured in many works of art. The story of Viktor Nekrasov “In the trenches of Stalingrad” still amazes with its depth and truthfulness. The great and simple heroes of Stalingrad appear before us with their own eyes.
	Platonov A. Recovery of the dead Andrei Platonov was a war correspondent during the war. He wrote about what he saw himself. The story "The Seizure of the Dead" became the pinnacle of A. Platonov's military prose. Dedicated to the heroic crossing of the Dnieper. And at the same time, he narrates about the holiness of a mother going to the grave of her children, a holiness born of suffering.
	Tendryakov V.F.People or Inhumans V. Tendryakov volunteered for the front after leaving school at the age of 17. He was a signalman. Some facts of his military biography are reflected in the essay "People or Inhumans". This is a reflection of the writer about how quickly the transformation of people into non-people occurs. Sparing neither his compatriots nor the fascists, the author shows the tragic relativity of humanity and inhumanity in a person, depending on the circumstances.
	Fadeev A.A. Young guard A novel about the Krasnodon underground organization "Young Guard", which operated in the territory occupied by the Nazis, many of whose members died heroically in the fascist dungeons. Most of the main characters of the novel: Oleg Koshevoy, Ulyana Gromova, Lyubov Shevtsova, Ivan Zemnukhov, Sergei Tyulenin and others are real people.
	Sholokhov M.A. They fought for their homeland The pages of the novel "They Fought for the Motherland" recreate one of the most tragic moments of the war - the retreat of our troops to the Don in the summer of 1942. The uniqueness of this work is in the special Sholokhov's ability to combine the large-scale and epic image (a tradition that comes from "War and Peace" by L. Tolstoy) with the detail of the narrative, with a keen sense of the uniqueness of the human character. In the novel, the fate of three modest ordinary people is revealed in many ways - the miner Pyotr Lopakhin, the combine operator Ivan Zvyagintsev, the agronomist Nikolai Streltsov. Very different in character, they are connected at the front by male friendship and boundless devotion to the Fatherland.

for grades 5-6

1. Bogomolov V.O. Ivan

2. Vishnev P.P. Yoongi

3. Voronkova L.F. Girl from the city

4. Dumbadze N. I see the sun. Me, grandmother, Iliko and Hilarion

5. Ilyina E.Ya. Fourth height

6. Kassil L.A. My dear boys. The Absent Story. At the chalkboard. Flammable cargo

7. Kassil L.A., Polyanovsky M.L. Youngest Son Street

8. Kataev V.P. Son of the regiment

9. Konetsky V. Petka, Jack and the boys

10. V.P. Krapivin Shadow of the caravel

11. Likhanov A.A. My general. Steep mountains. Music. Wooden horses. The last deck

12. Nadezhdina N.A. Partisan Lara

13. Naidich M.Ya. Overcoat for growth

14. Rasputin V.G. French lessons

15. Yakovlev Yu.Ya. How Seryozha went to war

for 7-9 grade

1. Adamovich A.M. "Khatyn story"

2. Aitmatov Ch. "Early Cranes"

3. Alekseev S.P. "Heroic Surnames"

4. Aleksin A.G. "In the rear as in the rear", "Signalers and buglers"; "Third in the fifth row"

5. Baklanov G.Ya. "Span of the earth"

6. Beck A.A. "Volokolamskoe highway"

7. Biryukov N.Z. "Gull"

8. Bogomolov V.O. "Zosia"; "Ivan"

9. Borzunov S.M. "Not the first attack"

10. Vishnev P.P. Yoongi

11. Voronkova L.F. "Girl from the City"; "Village Gorodische"

12. Gorbatov B.L. "Unconquered"

13. Dold - Mikhailik Y. "And one warrior in the field"

14. Dragunsky V.Yu. "He fell on the grass ..."

15. V.B. Dubrovin "Boys in 41st"

16. Dumbadze N.V. "I see the sun"

17. Emelianenko V.B. "In the harsh military air"

18. Ilyina E.Ya. "The fourth height"

19. V.A. Zakrutkin "Mother of man"

20. Zyukov B.B. "Commander of the strong in spirit"

21. Kazakevich E.G. "Star"

22. Kassil L. “My Dear Boys”; "Street of the Youngest Son"; "Cheremysh - brother of a hero"

23. V.P. Kataev "Son of the Regiment"

24. A.A. Kirnosov "Not a day without a victory"

25. Kobets - Filimonova E.G. "Skylarks over Khatyn"

26. Kozhevnikov V.M. "March, April"

27. Kolesov K.P. "Self-propelled gun number 120"

28. Kosmodemyanskaya L.T. "The Tale of Zoya and Shura"

29. Kosterina N. "Diary of Nina Kosterina"

30. E. N. Koshevaya "The Story of a Son"

31. V.P. Krapivin "Shadow of the Caravel"

32. A.S. Kuznetsov "The Mystery of the Roman Sarcophagus"

33. V.A. Kurochkin "War is like war"

34. Levin Yu.A. "Combat"

35. Likhanov A.A. "Steep Mountains"; "My general"; "Last cold weather"

36. Mityaev A.V. "The feat of a soldier"

37. Musatov A.I. "Klava Nazarova"

38. Nadezhdina N.A. "Partisan Lara"

39. Naidich M.Ya. "Overcoat for growth"

40. Nikitin S.K. "Falling Star"

41. Novozhilov I.G., Shustov V.N. "King's Gambit"

42. R.P. Pogodin "Where the goblin lives"

43. Polevoy B.N. "The Story of a Real Man"

44. Polikarpova T.N. "Leaves of the next summer"

45. A.A. Pristavkin "A golden cloud spent the night"

46. Rasputin V.G. "French lessons"

47. Reznik Y. "Our Ural tank"

48. Rumyantsev B. "Twin Cities of Gastello"

49. Samsonov S.N. "On the other side"

50. Simonov K. "The third adjutant"

51. Sobolev L.S. "Battalion of Four"; "Sea Soul"

52. Stepanov V.A. "Guard of Honor Company"

53. Sukhachev M.P. "Children of the Blockade"

54. Trofimov A.I. "The Tale of Lieutenant Pyatnitsky"

55. Uvarova L.Z. "Now or never!"

56. Fadeev A.A. "Young guard"

57. Chukovsky N.K. "Submarine chaser"

58. Shmerling S.B. "Landing"; "An hour before the attack"

59. Sholokhov M.A. "The fate of man"

60. Yakovlev Yu.Ya. "Where was the battery"; "Girl from Vasilievsky Island"

This unforgettable distant war ..

"We won! In these two words

We are rewarded for sweat and blood and torment,

For the severity of the years, for the child's groan and fear,

For the bitterness of wounds and for the sadness of parting "

(V. Lebedev-Kumach)

Aliger M.I. Zoya. Poem. Poems .- M .: Soviet Russia, 1971.- (School library)

Antokolsky P.G. A son ... Poem.- Khabarovsk, 1985.- (School library)

Akhmatova A. Oath. Courage. Winners

M .: Pravda, 1990

Berggolts O.F. The day before. The people are bowing the banners. February diary

There was a war …: Four chapters from a book written by poets of the post-war years.- M .: children's literature, 1987.- (School library)

The Great Patriotic War : poems and poems in 2 volumes.- M .: Khudozh. liter, 1970

The Great Patriotic War in lyrics and prose. In 2 volumes - M .: bustard, 2002.- (B-ka of Russian classical art literature)

Vysotsky V.S. Black gold. - 1990

Drunina Yu.V. ... Selected works: In 2 volumes. Vol. 1. Poems (1942-1969) .- M .: Khudozh. lit, 1981

Drunina Yu.V. Light-haired soldier : Favorites. - Kaliningrad book. publishing house, 1973.- (feat)

Jalil Moussa Selected. - Kazan, 1968. - (School library)

Face to Victory : Collection of poems. - Moscow: Sovremennik, 1985. - (Adolescence)

Lvov M.D. A letter to youth .- 1976.- (feat)

Oshanin L.I. Earth and sky : book of poems. - 1975. - (feat)

Poetry of the periodGreat Patriotic War and the first post-war years / Comp. Kurganova V.M ..- M .: Sov. Russia, 1990.- (School library)

Holy war : poems aboutGreat Patriotic War .- M .: Art. lit., 1966

Fatyanov A.I. Nightingales, nightingales. Songs and poems. - Tula: Priokskoe pr. publishing house, 1977

An hour of courage ... Poetry of the periodGreat Patriotic War 1941-1945 - M .: education, 1990

Glory to you brave

Glory, fearless!

People are singing eternal glory to you.

Who lived valiantly

Death that crushed

Your memory will never die!

You can always take these collections of poems in our school library.

They fought for their homeland

1. Alekseev S.P. The last assault / Artist Petrov M. - 1981

   Bogdanov N.V. Good proverb : stories. - M .: Children's literature, 1984. - (We read it ourselves)

   Vasilenko I. Order of the commander .- (Book by book)

   Vorobiev E.Z. Fellow soldiers. Stories.- Moscow: Children's Literature, 1976.- (Book by book)

   Kassil L.A. Main army .- M .: Children's literature, 1977

   Kassil L.A. Your defenders .- M .: Children's literature, 1976

   Kassil L.A. Flammable cargo .- M .: Children's literature, 1979

   V.P. Kataev Son of the regiment ... A Tale - (School Library)

   Lavrenev B.A. Scout Vikhrov ... Stories.- M .: Children's literature, 1991.- (Book by book)

   Mityaev A.V. Dugout ... Stories.- M .: Children's literature, 1976.- (My first books)

   Orlov O.P. Tsemesskaya bay : story and stories. - M .: Det. lit., 1981

   Polevoy B.N. Scouts : stories .- M .: Det. lit., 1979.- (Book by book)

   Stories and poems about the war. Extracurricular reading. Complete library. 1-4 grades. - Omega, 2010.- (School Library)

   Smirnov S.S. The feat of the major : Story. - M .: Det. lit., 1975. - (Book by book)

   Sokolov G.V. The story of the sailor Kaida and his comrades : Stories. - M .: Det. lit., 1978.- (Book by book)

   Strechnin Yu.F. About the Beard squad : stories .- M .: Det. lit., 1974

   V.E. Subbotin And the world has come : stories .- M .: Det. lit., 1981.- (Book by book)

   Tvardovsky A.T. The Tankman's Tale : Poems.- M .: Children's literature, 1979.- (Book by book).

These books are waiting for you on the shelves!

"Learn from the heroes of the books to love our land - its fields and forests, its cities, its sky, its rivers, its language and art"

( Paustovsky K.G.)

Love and know our history!

Books of Courage

Alekseev S.P. Twelve Poplars: Tales from HistoryThe great Patriotic wars .- M .: contemporary, 1985.- (Adolescence. Series for adolescents)

Baikov V. Memory of a blockade teenager. - Leningrad: Lenizdat, 1989

Bogdanov N.V. Ivan Tigrov: stories aboutGreat Patriotic War

Bogomolov V.O. Ivan. Zosia: novels. - M .: Contemporary. 1985.- (Adolescence)

Zharikov A.D. A soldier's heart: The Story of the Outstanding Commander Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov.- M .: Det. lit., 1979

Zhurba P.T. Alexander Matrosov. The story of the life and feat of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Guard Private Alexander Matrosov.- L .: Det. lit., 1974

Ilyina E.I. Fourth height. The story ofhero of the great Patriotic war Gule Korolevoy. - M .: Det. lit. 1989

Kassil L., Polyanovsky M. Street of the younger son. The story ofHero of the Great Patriotic War pioneer partisan Volodya Dubinin .- M .: Det. lit., 1977

V.P. Kataev The son of the regiment .- M .: education. 1983.- (School Library)

Knorre F.F. Native blood; V.M. Konyakov Dimka and Zhuravlev; Rasputin V.G. French lessons; Semenov G.V. By winter, bypassing autumn: stories about childhood that coincided with the war.- M .: Det. lit., 1990 - (School library)

L.V. Kokonin A story about a wartime childhood. About school childhood, scorched by the Great Patriotic War, about teenagers who at the age of fourteen already knew how to work at factory machines, about spiritual maturity and a sense of responsibility, the desire to help elders in their selfless work

Leonov I.A. Named by the Man of Legend: An Autobiographical Novel. Stories. Poems, poems. - Tula, 2003. The book of the Hero of the Soviet Union and Russia, a fighter pilot, teacher, citizen, epic Russian hero, who, having lost his hand in a bloody air battle with the Nazis in his early youth, did not raise his winged car into the sky again. lose the will to live, fortitude, courage, kindness.

Polevoy B.N. The story of a real man .- any edition

Polevoy B.N. Commander: Biographical story. - M .: Det. lit., 1976. A book about the outstanding commander Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Stepanovich Konev.

Simonov K.M. third adjutant: stories .- M .: Det. lit., 1987.- (School library)

Smirnov V.I. Sasha Chekalin: A Story. - M .: Mol. guard, 1967.

The memory of the Great Patriotic War is sacred and timeless!

The Great Patriotic War is farther and farther into history. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Victory of our people over the fascist invaders. I would like no one and nothing to remain forgotten. We must know the history of our Fatherland.All these books are in our school library.

"People, as long as their hearts are pounding, remember! ..":

Adamovich A.M. Khatyn tale .- M .: Children's literature, 1988.- (School library)

Alekseev S.P. Guards talk : Stories. - Moscow: Military Publishing, 1979

Baklanov G.Ya. Forever - nineteen years old. - M .: Mol. guard. 1982.- (Youth Library)

Baklanov G.Ya. An inch of earth : A Tale, 1973

Baruzdin S.A. Repetition of the past : Novel. - M .: Det. lit., 1988.- (School library)

Beck A.A. volokolamskoe highway : novel .- M .: Military. 1982.- (School Library)

Berggolts O.F. Daytime stars. Leningrad speaks .- M .: True. 1990 - documentary stories about the immortal feat of Leningraders during the difficult 900 days and nights of the siege of Leningrad.

Bogomolov V.O. Moment of Truth ("In August forty-fourth ..."): Stories, novel, novella. - M .: Pravda. 1988

Bondarev Yu.V. The battalions are asking for fire. Last volleys : Stories.- M .: Contemporary, 1984.- (Sons of the century)

Bondarev Yu.V. Hot Snow : novel. - Moscow: Sovremennik, 1988

Bykov V.V. Alpine ballad : Story. - Tula: Priok. book publishing house, 1983. - (School library)

Bykov, V .V.Until dawn : story. - M .: Det. lit., 1985.- (School library)

Bykov, V . To the Obelisk. Rybakov A.N. Unknown Soldier : Stories. - M .: Mol. guard, 1985.- (Youth Library)

Bykov, V . B. Stories .- M .: Det. lit., 1987.- (School library)

Vasiliev B. The Dawns Here Are Quiet : Story.Not on the lists : Novel. Stories

Vorobiev K.D. Killed near Moscow. Scream. This is us, Lord! ..: Stories .- M .: Det. lit., 1990.- (Military student library. Library series)

Kazakevich E.G. Star : Story.- L .: Lenizdat, 1982.- (School library)

Kozhevnikov V.M. March, April : Stories. - M .: Det. lit., 1987.- (School library)

V.A. Kurochkin War like war : Story. - M .: Contemporary, 1985

Nikitin S.K. Falling star.

Vorobiev K. Killed near Moscow.

Kondratyev V. Sashka.

Kolesov K. Self-propelled gun number 120 : Stories.- M .: Det lit., 1989.- (School library).