The book is a collection of articles on historical and current topics. The central place is occupied by an essay about the Nevsky patch. The author, examining the feasibility of creating this bridgehead near the village of Moskovskaya Dubrovka, comes to the conclusion that the sacrifice of 300 thousand human lives left on the Nevsky patch was completely in vain. During the existence of this bridgehead, not a single successful operation was carried out from it, and Leningrad remained under a terrible siege for more than two years. Operations Lyubavinskaya and Polar Star ended in failure. The first because at the decisive moment she was not provided with additional assistance, the second because we suffered heavy losses in front of her in the unnecessary Operation Iskra. All these military actions are connected with their leadership by Zhukov...