Young guard. Fadeev A.A.

The story of a feat committed during the Great Patriotic War, members of the youth underground organization of the city of Krasnodon.

Young guys who did not manage to evacuate from the city decide to wage an irreconcilable struggle with German invaders and organize the underground group “Young Guard”.

They manage to secretly conduct their activities until an annoying puncture takes place, which leads to a tragic finale.

Alexander Fadeev was deeply shocked by a real story, which he took as a basis for this novel about courage and persistence, duty and terrifying consequences of betrayal.

Komsomol members of the underground were brutally tortured by the Nazis and dropped into mines, from where their remains were extracted by Soviet soldiers and buried in March 1943