Killed near Moscow. Stories and Tales

Konstantin Dmitriyevich Vorobyov (1919–1975) – writer, participant in the Great Patriotic War. Being a cadet from the Kremlin, he fought under Moscow with the rank of lieutenant. In December 1941, under Klin, the wounded lieutenant Vorobyov was captured and was held in the Klin, Rzhev, Smolensk, Kaunas, Salaspils, and Šiauliai prisoner of war camps (1941–1943). He escaped captivity twice and led a partisan group.
The stories "Cry" (1962) and "Killed near Moscow" (1963) are a true account of the defense of Moscow in the fall of 1941.
While in the underground in 1943, Vorobyov wrote an autobiographical story "It's Us, Lord!" (published in 1986) about his experiences in captivity. This work is of such artistic significance that, according to V. Astafyev, "even in an incomplete form... it can and should stand on the same shelf with Russian classics."
The basis of the story "German in Valenki" (1966) is a true fact from camp life. In Salaspils, in a prisoner of war camp, Vorobyov met a guard who became sympathetic to the captive Russian and started bringing him bread.
The action of the story "Broth Without Salt" (1968) although it takes place in peacetime, the terrible echoes of war will long resonate in the hearts of those who experienced it.