Alexander Pokryshkin is the only one who was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union three times during the Great Patriotic War. As a junior pilot of the regiment, he began the war on the western borders of the Motherland on June 22, 1941 as a senior lieutenant, and on May 9, 1945 he met in Berlin as a guard colonel, division commander in a general position. The book of Doctor of Historical Sciences Major General Yu. S. Ustinov tells about Alexander Pokryshkin, his fellow soldiers, fighting friends and followers.