1970. Twenty-five years have passed since the end of the Great Patriotic War. But the glory of the great feat of the Soviet people, who defeated Hitler’s Germany and saved humanity from fascism, will never fade. In the book of courage and fortitude, the unparalleled heroism of the Soviet people, the 900-day defense of Leningrad makes a special page. The majestic and tragic image of besieged Leningrad attracted and continues to attract the attention of writers, artists, and composers. In the year of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the end of the war, Olga Konstantinovna Matyushina returns to her autobiographical story, written on the basis of diary entries from 1941–1944. The first edition of “Song of Life” was released in 1946.