About the book: 1977 / These are the notes of a sniper, one of the veterans of the Great Patriotic War. The author, now a reserve lieutenant colonel, Pyotr Alekseevich Belyakov, fought south of Stalingrad, in the Salsk steppes, participated in the liberation of Rostov-on-Don, and fought on the Mius River. On his combat account, 147 Nazis were destroyed. The sniper shares his combat experience, talks about young Komsomol members, their mentors - commanders and political workers. The Sovinformburo reported on the military affairs of snipers, front-line newspapers wrote about them, and poets dedicated their poems to them. All this is to some extent reflected in the book, intended for a wide range of readers..