About the book: 1983 / Autumn 1941. Part of the troops of the Southwestern Front, cut off east of Kyiv by superior fascist forces, is making its way to its own. After a fierce battle near Artemovka, wounded Red Army soldiers remain behind enemy lines. They are in danger of death, but residents of the nearby village of Kuchakova come to their aid. The artistic and documentary story of the writer A. Polyansky tells about the extraordinary history of the creation and operation of an illegal hospital, about the difficult trials that befell the residents and doctors who saved about half a thousand Soviet soldiers.