Hero of the Soviet Union General of the Army Nikolai Fedorovich Vatutin is rightfully one of the most talented commanders of the Great Patriotic War. He made a huge contribution to the development of the theory and practice of counterattack, encirclement and defeat of large enemy groups, the implementation of a quick and decisive maneuver by troops, the actions of mobile front and army groups, the organization of stable and active defense. His name is inextricably linked with the victories of the Red Army near Stalingrad and on the Kursk Bulge, during the crossing of the Dnieper and the liberation of Kyiv... It is no coincidence that Vatutin was called "general from the offensive," "general from the victory."