В грозную пору

In the 1960s, the historian M. G. Bragin wrote the book "In the terrible time", and the Soviet boys fell ill in 1812. How many armies were created from the most unexpected materials, how many battles were fought!
After almost half a century, this book returns to the reader, and again on its pages the roar of cannons is heard, cuirasses sparkle and powder smoke swirls. The Patriotic War comes to life here in great detail: you can read the correspondence of the generals, understand the schemes of battles, see what a Russian soldier wore in his knapsack, look into the charter of 1811, examine the uniform and weapons, learn how to build fortifications, find out how a cannon fires, why an apron for a sapper, was it possible to cure Bagration, what is a okochernik, what kind of statue of Napoleon could have stood in the Kremlin, and what ruined the Great Army. guide to the Borodino field, cards with portraits and biographies of great generals, historical documents.