The memoirs of the defender of Leningrad Vasily Afanasyevich Golovko offered in this book are free from political colors, from strategic conclusions and military thoughts. This is the personal testimony of an ordinary soldier, one of those to whom Marshal of Victory Zhukov dedicated his memoirs. Memories of the difficult days of the siege, of the everyday life of the city’s defenders, of commanders and colleagues, of first love at the front. And maybe because the written lines do not pretend to be a professional literary style, they are read with genuine interest, with deep trust in the sincerity of the author.