Stories from Russian history. Alekseev S.

Sergey Petrovich Alekseev (1922-2008)-a famous children's writer, laureate of the State Prize and winner of the honorary diploma of the International Council for Children's Literature. The main theme of his work is the historical past of our Motherland. This book includes stories from the cycles about the Tatar-Mongol invasion, troubled time, about the transformations of the Peter the Great, Catherine’s era and glorious exploits of Suvorov, about the outstanding victories of the Russian people over Napoleon in 1812 and over fascist Germany in the Great Patriotic War. All of them are imbued with a sense of love for the native country and pride in the great history of Russia.