The world famous story Boris Polevoi tells about the Soviet pilot Alexei Meresiev, who was shot down in one of the air battles of the Great Patriotic War. His plane fell on enemy territory. The pilot himself was wounded, but managed to get out to his own. Meresyev lost both legs, but set him the goal of returning to duty and achieved it. The prototype of the hero of Field became the Hero of the Soviet Union, pilot Alexei Maresyev, and the story was published almost throughout the world and is still very popular.
Author
Field Boris Nikolaevich
Publisher
Veche, 2014
Series
Favorite prose. Made in the USSR
Genre
Classical domestic prose
12+
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