About the book: 2014 / In a historical essay based on archival materials and documentary stories, preparations for the Battle of Stalingrad and the decisive battle itself are examined in detail. The authors found many documents in archives that no one had worked with before, and, accordingly, they were not published anywhere. Undoubtedly, this circumstance makes the book unique and rare, especially for military historians and historians of special services. It is in it that the story is told about the unparalleled courage and amazing tenacity of the soldiers of the 10th Infantry Stalingrad Order of Lenin Division of the Internal Troops of the NKVD of the USSR I Formation, who were the first to stand in the way of the enemy and gave them a decisive rebuff. The Battle of Stalingrad became one of the most important events of the Second World War; after the defeat, the invaders lost their strategic initiative. And in this, the Stalingrad garrison of internal affairs played a decisive role during the fierce battle and thereby made an exceptional contribution to the further outcome of the Great Patriotic War. The materials in the book will certainly be of interest to a wide range of readers, especially for those people who are not indifferent to the history of their beloved country, to those unknown heroes who defended the Great Motherland for the sake of our bright future.