Vasily Terkin

In the history of Russian literature, there are few works that can compare with "Vasily Terkin" in terms of popularity and the truly nationwide love that fell to the lot of the famous poem by Alexander Tvardovsky, an outstanding Soviet poet and writer, the chief editor of the legendary magazine "Novy Mir", which became a trumpet of freedom during the "thaw". The main part of the poem was created during the Great Patriotic War and was published in the form of separate chapters, which had a stunning success among readers; the continuation of the book about the brave and unyielding fighter was eagerly awaited by "those living in the war". "‘Vasily Terkin’— this is the best of all that has been written about war in war,"— Konstantin Simonov remarked about the poem. In this collection, in addition to "Vasily Terkin" and its continuation, the poem "Terkin in the Other World" is included, as well as the poem "The House by the Road," dedicated to the fate of the Russian woman in the war, and selected poems created in different years of life, including "I Was Killed Near Rzhev," "On the Day the War Ended," and others.