About the book: 1960 / There is no fiction in this book, everything in it is non-fictional, reliable. The author traveled to dozens of cities and villages to meet with participants in the defense of the famous “House of Sergeant Pavlov” in Stalingrad, collected numerous memories, photographs, drawings, maps and other documents, on the basis of which he created a truthful work. The exploits of the soldiers of the garrison of “Pavlov’s House” are shown against the backdrop of hostilities of the forty-second guards rifle regiment, which was part of the heroic division of General A. I. Rodimtsev.