About the book: 2005 / Georgy Vladimov's novel "The General and His Army", dedicated to the events of the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Booker Prize (1995) and the Sakharov “For the civil courage of a writer” (2000). At the center of the story is the fate of General Vlasov and the German General Guderian. The author lifted the veil of deep secrecy over some “inconvenient” episodes of the war for official literature. Immediately after its appearance, G. Vladimov’s novel became a high-profile event and was ranked among the best works about the war.