About the book: 2019 / “Time taught us...” - surprisingly sincere memories of the war, written by sculptor Lev Razumovsky. Having gone to the front as a seventeen-year-old boy, in July 1944 he was wounded and lost his arm. However, the tragedy that happened did not break this strong-willed man - he not only learned to cope without outside help in everyday life, but also continued to engage in creativity. Today, his sculptures are in the best museums and private collections in Russia, Finland, Sweden, Great Britain, Canada, and the USA, and the toys created according to his sketches are known and loved by many generations of children. All the episodes in this book are genuine, and the names are real. The reader goes through the military path of Lev Razumovsky, almost physically feeling the atmosphere in the barracks, learns how a person feels when he comes under mortar fire in a swamp. The truth is never easy, but it is these details of life during the war years that make “Time Taught Us...” one of the most truthful books about the war, free from taboo topics.