About the book: 1978 / Ladoga... During the harsh times of the Great Patriotic War, the Road of Life ran along it, along which the Leningraders were supplied with the most necessary things to fight the Nazi invaders - food, weapons, reserves . On the way back, the ships of the flotilla evacuated the wounded, sick, women and children. In winter, when Ladoga was frozen, the ice track operated uninterruptedly here. The author of the book, Vice Admiral V.S. Cherokov, commanded the Ladoga military flotilla during the war. An eyewitness and participant in intense events, he vividly and interestingly talks about the people of the flotilla, their courage and heroism.