The author of the memoirs is the former commissar of the 5th Vorgov partisan brigade named after Sergei Lazo, which operated in the Smolensk region during the Great Patriotic War. Many successful battles with the invaders were carried out by Lazovites. Of particular fame was a major operation to defeat the fascist garrison at the Prigorye station, successfully carried out in November 1942. The book is fascinatingly told about the history of the creation of the brigade, its combat path, memorable portraits of partisans are drawn. She first appeared in 1966 in the Moscow Worker. This edition has been thoroughly revised by the author.