The Great Patriotic War occupies a special place in the history of our country. It couldn’t have been any other way: it was the bloodiest and most difficult war that Russia had to fight in its entire centuries-old history. It resolved the question not simply of the existence of a specific regime, a specific system of government, but the question of the very existence of a country in which Russians are the state-forming people. The directory includes 2,350 biographies of not only military personnel, but also government and party leaders, industry and transport leaders, scientists, writers, journalists, production leaders, Stalin Prize laureates, actors, cameramen and many others. The reference book includes all commanders of fronts, armies and corps, all twice Heroes of the Soviet Union, as well as the most famous war heroes, partisans and underground fighters, young heroes, etc. The book is addressed to everyone who is interested in the history of the Great Patriotic War and the USSR.