28 Moments of Spring 1945. Illustrated Version

This is a book about the Great Victory. About the victory of our fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers over the most terrible enemy in the history of humanity at the cost of the greatest sacrifices in the history of humanity. Every day of spring '45 is a step towards victory. And every step costs tens of thousands of lives. And no one knows how many more steps need to be taken, who will survive, and for whom this step will be the last. Each day brings closer the demise of the still powerful Nazi beast. And what seemed unthinkable happens: the allies in the battle against fascism move towards confrontation with each other, toward a “cold war.” We will together experience each day of spring '45. We will visit the fields of the fiercest battles. In the Kremlin. In Berlin. In Washington, London, Tokyo, Paris, Rome. We will remember each day that brought us closer to victory and pay tribute to that generation of our ancestors who gave us freedom and life itself. And we will better understand ourselves and the world we live in today. Vyacheslav Alekseyevich Nikonov — a well-known Russian politician, analyst, TV presenter. Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of State Administration at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Author of more than forty books and many television programs about Russian and world history and contemporary issues.