For the last two decades, cliches and stereotypes designed to “de-heroize” the Great Patriotic War have been persistently introduced into the consciousness of the inhabitants of our country. The studies of Goering and Guderian in the Soviet Union are presented as a “well-known fact”. Rarely are any of the current war films complete without barrage detachments shooting retreating Red Army soldiers. On each anniversary of the Leningrad Siege, the Russian media remember the noble Marshal Mannerheim, who allegedly saved the city on the Neva from destruction. These and other popular military myths are subjected to critical analysis in the book by Igor Pykhalov. Designed for a wide range of readers who are not indifferent to the recent history of their country.