When talking about the Great Patriotic War, we usually remember famous military leaders, commanders of the fronts, who were popularly called commanders of Victory. The names of the generals and admirals who took part in the battles of 1941–1945 are, as a rule, known to a narrow circle of researchers and military history buffs. In the new book of the “Great Commanders of Russia” series, the reader will be able to get acquainted with the biographies of the hero of the defense of Stalingrad and the storming of Berlin V.I. Chuikov, an ordinary colonel who became the commander of the 1st Guards Tank Army, M.E. Katukov, the youngest front commander I.D. Chernyakhovsky, a talented general staffer and organizer of the liberation of Kyiv N.N. Vatutin. The figure of N.G. Kuznetsov, the man who created the navy of Soviet Russia and went through the ranks from a cadet to an admiral of the USSR fleet. These were people who made an invaluable contribution to our Great Victory.