About the book: 1972 / This story features real heroes who, at the behest of their own hearts, without waiting for a summons from the military registration and enlistment office, voluntarily went to the front. The author of the book is Ivan Zakharovich Akimov is a former commissar of the battalion of the 38th separate Komsomol engineering regiment. He knew many of the soldiers and commanders well and fought with them against the fascist occupiers. His story “Stepping Over Youth” is a true page in the heroic chronicle of the Komsomol.