About the book: 1977 / The author talks about the great life path of P. A. Belov, a famous Soviet commander who began serving as a private in the old army and finished it as a general -colonel. The reader will get acquainted with the events of the civil war, peaceful construction, will see P. A. Belov in the battles of the Great Patriotic War, will feel how the skill of the general and the troops he led grew from battle to battle.