About the book: 1981 / The book of essays by Lenin Prize winner Oscar Kurganov is dedicated to events that played a major role in the history of our country. O. Kurganov talks about the Korobov dynasty of steelworkers, widely known in the thirties, about Papanin and the Papaninites. The essays were written by a person who witnessed and, to some extent, participated in the events depicted. The book also includes correspondence from the fronts of the Great Patriotic War, angry responses to the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. O. Kurganov’s essays accurately recreate the atmosphere of the past, but unforgettable days.