About the book: 1966 / There is a village in the Rostov region, Novo-Kuznetsovskoye, Zernograd district. There is a bronze bust of twice Hero of the Soviet Union, the author of this book, D. D. Lelyushenko. The Battle of Moscow, the Battle of Stalingrad, the battles for Donbass, the liberation of Lvov, the Vistula-Oder and Silesian operations, the storming of Berlin, the heroic raid on Prague - this is not a complete list of the stages of the long military path he traversed during the Great Patriotic War. The book “Dawn of Victory” is dedicated to the events of the memorable year 1941. The main place in it is made up of memories of the battle for Moscow. D. D. Lelyushenko, who commanded the 5th and 30th armies at that time, tells in detail how the heroic defense of our capital was carried out, how the counter-offensive was prepared and carried out. The author recalls with great warmth the fighters, commanders, and Muscovite volunteers who fought alongside him..