About the book: 1975 / Bashkir writer Ibragim Abdullin is known to Soviet readers for his book of stories “The Nightingale Ride” published in Russian and the collection of plays “The Bird Cherry Blossomed.” In his new novel “ Farewell Rome! pictures of the struggle of Soviet soldiers in the ranks of the Italian Resistance during the Second World War are captured. The partisan movement in Italy intensified in the fall of 1943 - winter of 1944. The successes of the Soviet Army, which crushed the main forces of the fascists and pinned down a large number of troops of the Hitler bloc, significantly contributed to increasing the scope and effectiveness of the actions of the Resistance forces in European countries. In the vicinity of Rome, there were combat groups of Soviet soldiers who managed to escape from fascist captivity to continue the fight. One of these detachments and its leader Leonid Kolesnikov is described in a book based on true facts. The author convincingly showed how the anti-fascist struggle united people of different nations. Tracing the fate of Kolesnikov and his comrades, the reader learns what kind of moral and physical strength the victory over fascism required..