They Fought for Their Homeland. The Fate of a Man

During the Great Patriotic War, Mikhail Sholokhov was at the front as a war correspondent. His observations formed the basis of military prose - reliable, convincing, and humanistic. The surviving chapters of the novel “They Fought for Their Homeland” cover the period of pre-war life and raise the difficult question of the repressions of the 1930s, describing the military routine and the difficult defense of the crossing over the Don.

In “The Fate of a Man,” the fate common to many Russian soldiers is reflected: battles, German captivity, the loss of all loved ones, the loss of the meaning of life. But meaning can be found when orphanhood brings together two people who have found each other.

Sholokhov's works are illustrated by Yuri Rebrov. The artist paints lively, realistic portraits of Russian people: they work at the front and in the rear, find the strength to joke and do not lose heart, bringing closer the moment of Victory with each passing day.