About the book: 1989 / Major General Hero of the Soviet Union V.I. Zaitsev talks in this book about the glorious military deeds of the 61st Guards Sverdlovsk-Lvov Order of Lenin , Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov and Bogdan Khmelnitsky tank brigade, which fought more than two thousand kilometers from Orel to Berlin and Prague. The author, who served in 1943–1945 as deputy chief of staff, then chief of staff and brigade commander, shares with great warmth his memories of the heroic exploits of his fellow Ural soldiers.