Sea and land battles near Novorossiysk and Tuapse, Krasnodar and Maikop, Essentuki and Kislovodsk, Nalchik and Pyatigorsk are one of the most heroic pages in the history of the Great Patriotic War. A new book by front-line writer A. Korolchenko is dedicated to one of the most important battles of the Great Patriotic War . The author talks about the events in the Caucasus in 1942-1943. Based on archival documents, memories of participants, personal observations, he reveals the situation of that difficult time, tells about battles and battles, about their military leaders.