About the book: 1969 / On the day when Hitler’s hordes attacked our sacred borders, I, then a military engineer of the second rank, turned 39 years old. After graduation in 1935, from the engineering faculty of the Academy of Armored and Mechanized Forces, I was sent to the Central Office of the People's Commissariat of Defense. I wanted to join the troops. But only two years later he managed to fulfill his desire. So before the war, I had already been in command of the district armored vehicle repair base in the Transcaucasian Military District for four years. Soon I went to the front, receiving an appointment as assistant to the head of the front's armored vehicle department. Together with the troops, I had the opportunity to set foot on the Kerch Peninsula, from where our landing force at the end of December 1941 drove the 46th Infantry Division and other fascist units from Kerch to the Parpach Isthmus. The stories of the exploits of tank crews are legendary, when they, alone and in groups (often on heavy KV tanks) carried out raids on territory already occupied by the enemy, spreading death and panic. It happened that our tanks were blown up by mines or land mines at the enemy’s front line, and sometimes - in the territory occupied by him. But even then, the tank crews did not abandon their vehicles, but fought until they restored it themselves or their comrades came to the rescue. The repairmen were the true friends of the tank crews. These inconspicuous war workers spared no effort, and often their lives, restoring tanks under enemy fire. I saw a lot, walking along the roads of the Patriotic War from Kerch to Berlin. Like many others, I had the opportunity to experience both the bitterness of defeat and the joy of victory. And I watched how in any situation, no matter how difficult it was, Soviet soldiers - soldiers, sergeants, officers and generals showed courage, perseverance, heroism, and boundless devotion to their beloved Motherland. All the events described here are not fictional, but are authentic, just as the names of their participants are authentic. I dedicate this book to glorious comrades in arms.