In his book, the author explores the work of the outstanding writer, participant in the Great Patriotic War K. M. Simonov. Based on impressions from personal meetings with Konstantin Mikhailovich during the war and in the post-war years, the study of his works, a number of archival documents of M.A. Gareev analyzes the literary heritage of K. Simonov, primarily as a military writer, extensively and thoroughly on the history of the Great Patriotic War. The author tells the origins of Simonov's military professionalism, notes the great role of his work in the overall spiritual contribution of Soviet literature and art to the cause of victory in the Great Patriotic War, and emphasizes the importance of his literary heritage in the patriotic and military education of army and navy officers in modern conditions. M.A. Gareev convincingly exposes the lies and falsification of facts about the life and creative position of K.M. Simonov and, in general, about the most important events of the Great Patriotic War that have become widespread recently.

For a wide range of readers interested in the work of K. Simonov and the history of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945