The book is a popular military-historical essay on the glorious military path of the Guards Rifle Taman Red Banner Order of the Suvorov Division named after M.I. Kalinin, under whose banner more than 30 Heroes of the Soviet Union were brought up during the Great Patriotic War. This division was one of the first in the Soviet Army in September 1941 to be transformed into a guards division. Participating in the Great Patriotic War from the first to the last days, Taman guards heroically repelled the onslaught of fascist invaders near Smolensk and Yelnya, Tim and Kursk, near Rostov-on-Don, showed massive heroism during the offensive battles of 1943-1945 in the North Caucasus, Kuban and on the Taman Peninsula, during the crossing of the Kerch Strait and the liberation of Crimea, in the Soviet Baltic states and in battles on the territory of East Prussia. Taman warriors also performed many glorious deeds during the days of peaceful study. The book is illustrated with diagrams and photographs and is designed for a wide range of readers.