On the pages of the book, the author talks in detail about the bloody battles for the city of Sychevka and the formation of the Vyazemsky cauldron. The course of hostilities is painted by him not by day, but by the hour. Behind the dry lines of documents are human destinies. Analyzing a significant number of documents, M.N. Filippenkov tries to give a truthful and accurate description of the forgotten battle of World War II.