About the book: 1988 / Soon after the victory, one of the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR was read in the newspaper "Red Star" on awarding front-line soldiers the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. The list of those awarded the Golden Star and the Order of Lenin also included Guard Captain Leopold Borisovich Nekrasov. Posthumously. In the post-war years, graduates of the 7th school often remembered him, thought about his short and bright life, the main part of which took place in battles, campaigns and hospitals. Unfortunately, we knew little about her. Meeting, former students of parallel classes, “ashniks” and “beshniks,” exchanged scanty information about Leopold - Lyap, Lyapka, as we affectionately called him, collected “triangles” and “secrets” sent to him from the front, letters and stories of his fellow soldiers. Year after year, the necessary facts and documents accumulated, and so I, Leopold’s former classmate, tried to fulfill our common intention - to write a book about him. A story about a school friend. I’ll tell you what we learned, read and remembered about the Hero of the Soviet Union, Guard Captain Leopold Borisovich Nekrasov.