About the book: 1963 / Mikhail Petrovich Pavlovsky, a retired major, has come a long way in battle. As a young man, he fought with the White Guards on the fronts of the Civil War. He participated in the Finnish campaign as the division's intelligence chief. The Great Patriotic War found him on the Moonsund archipelago. In his memoirs, M. P. Pavlovsky talks about the short but heroic defense of the “gate of the north-eastern Baltic”. Without claiming to be comprehensive and complete coverage of events, the memoirs nevertheless give an idea of ​​the main stages of the struggle for Moonsund. The author excitedly talks about the tenacity and dedication of the defenders of the Soviet islands, their devotion to the Motherland and military duty..