1941. June 22. The preface of Alexei Isaev. Nekrich A.

“The book of Alexander Nekrich“ 1941. June 22 ”It is advisable to remove as a politically harmful edition.” So, by the ban, destruction of the circulation, the exclusion of the author from the party and its emigration in the United States ended the publication in the USSR of this truly legendary book. Although it is the work of A.M. Nekrich (1920-1993) aroused a wide public interest in the reasons for the 1941 tragedy, and the author of the cult “icebreaker” Viktor Suvorov (Vladimir Rezun) subsequently only saddled the hot topic. The book, printed in the Soviet Union with a giant circulation for today, was written by a man who believed in the ideals that he had to protect on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. As a professional historian, Alexander Nekrich managed to masterfully draw a wide picture of the situation, preceding the Barbarossa operation-from military-economic preparation for the attack, international politics (for example, the conclusion of peace with the UK and the contacts of the Finnish and German General Staffs in the winter of 1940-1941) Before the Nazi plans for the destruction of the civilian population of the USSR.

“Despite many decades that have passed since the publication of this book, it has not lost its relevance today. This is a strong academic study written in the genre of popular science literature by a person, friendly in relation to the USSR and those people who met the enemy near the border. Only people with a very short memory can be attributed to the little-educated and illiterate in all historical issues to Rezun-Suvorov.