The collection dedicated to the thirtieth anniversary of the immortal victory of the Soviet people over Nazi Germany includes memoirs, essays, front-line sketches. Among the authors are writers, journalists, veterans of the Great Patriotic War of Saratov, Penza and Ulyanovsk. The military-historical section (chairman - reserve colonel I.M. Stepanov) of the military-scientific society at the Saratov House of Officers of the Soviet Army took part in the preparation of the collection.