The hero of the novel “Humanity” at the age of 16 volunteered for the front, fought at Stalingrad, in the Don steppes, where the entire battalion was destroyed, was captured, escaped from the steppe extermination camp, fought in a partisan detachment, became a driver. -34, stormed Berlin... From 1942 to 1950 he did not lay down his arms. The novel is autobiographical. The life paths of Zhenya Krylov and the author largely coincide, although one cannot completely identify the main character of the novel with the author. The events described in the novel are not fiction, they are the truth about the war. The heroes of the novel are genuine people: some are copied from life, others are woven from traits that the author observed in many familiar people of that time.