Nine hundred days of courage. Voskobobonikov V.

The book unites two documentary novels by Valery Voskoboboinikov: “Nine hundred days of courage” and “Vasily Vasilievich” dedicated to the defenders of Leningrad in the tragic time of the blockade.

The first story tell the exploits of ordinary people: as a driver Maxim Soldeen-Khleb After three days without sleep, the children in Leningrad Mandarins for the New Year, as fifteen years old, Dasha Pakhomova, became a fighter of the Komsomol household detachment, as Tanya Savicheva leads his unique diary records, as the city was saved during air anxiety, as the monuments were preserved and hidden - they hid the monuments - About. As Leningraders helped each other to survive.

The second story tells about the legendary worker of the Poligraphmash plant - a boy of fourteen years old Vasya Ivanov (everyone calls him Vasily Vasilievich). The war took his parents... by replacing the elders from the machine, he works better than many adults, and even manages to train others and understands how many lives each part made at the factory can save. It was Vasily Ivanov that was captured on the poster of the artist Alexei Pakhomov “Everything for the front! Everything for victory! ”.

Illustrations for the book was created by artist Vladimir Shevchenko - during the Great Patriotic War, who served as a driver at the advanced.

for children of primary and secondary school age.