The literary history of the famous Major Pronin began with this small book, which appeared in 1941 in the “Library of the Red Army Soldier” series. Six short stories revolutionized Soviet mass literature. For the first time, the people found a real modern, and not a fairy-tale hero, who after work can go to football and visit the all-Union health resort Crimea. The readers liked the new hero. Intricate crimes, cunning conspiracies, and the grace with which the wise major solved them ensured Pronin's popular love and place in the pantheon of great detectives of the 20th century. And the young people's power now has a permanent literary representative. With “Stories of Major Pronin” in the sleeves of their brand new greatcoats, the Red Army soldiers went to the front. With the continuation of the “proninian”, yesterday’s front-line soldiers restored and rebuilt the country. Today the legendary major returns. Read the first book in the series “The Adventures of Major Pronin.”