The memory of the Great Patriotic War is sacred to the Russian people, because no family remained aside, the whole country overcame losses and grief during these difficult years. Every day the feat was performed in the rear, every day the feat was performed at the front .. The Russian soldier in any trouble was helped by ingenuity, combat courage, optimism and love for his home. The book includes poems and stories of poets and writers, eyewitnesses of the Great Patriotic War. They told us about those terrible and great events, about the heroism of the common man. Secondary school age . Artist: Plevin Vladimir Fedorovich .