About the book: 1974 / The name of Nikolai Ostrovsky for the whole world has become a symbol of courage, integrity, and devotion to the interests of the Communist Party. Many generations of Soviet people were brought up on the works of Nikolai Ostrovsky. “How the Steel Was Tempered”, “Born of the Storm” is the result of the heroic life of a writer, fighter, and communist. A new book about Ostrovsky was written by his friend and wife Raisa Porfiryevna Ostrovskaya. The impressions of a person close to the writer, who went through a difficult but happy path with him, give the book special interest.