About the book: 1979 / Front-line fate connected the writer with the Smolensk region. Front-line newspaper correspondent Evgeny Vorobyov witnessed its heroic defense. With the advanced units of the Soviet Army, he entered the liberated Vyazma, Yelnya, and the streets of Smolensk. The writer did not break ties with the people of the Smolensk region throughout the years of the Great Patriotic War and after its end. He talks about them in the stories and short stories that make up this book..