Marshal Shaposhnikov. Anishchenkov V.R.

Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov - an outstanding military theorist, a talented military leader, Marshal of the Soviet Union, chief of the General Staff of the Red Army during the most difficult initial stage of the Great Patriotic War, a member of the High Command Betting Headquarters. However, all this was preceded by a long and difficult path, from a bench in the Alekseevsky Military School to the chair of the Deputy People's Commissar of Defense of the USSR. The future Marshal honestly pontamble for the good of his homeland, fought on the fronts of the First World War, participated in the Civil War on the side of the Reds, and actively participated in the creation of the new Soviet army. The author in this book talks about this and many other vicissitudes of the life of a great person. Thanks to thorough work with sources, support on genuine documents of that era and easy language of presentation, the book will be interesting to a wide circle of readers.