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Povesti i romany Borisa Vasilʹeva (1924-2013) navsegda ostanutsi͡a klassikoĭ russkoĭ literatury. Ego proizvedenii͡a vkli͡ucheny v shkolʹnui͡u programmu i posluzhili osnovoĭ bolee dvadt͡sati kinofilʹmov. Deĭstvie romana "V spiskakh ne znachilsi͡a" (1974) razvorachivaetsi͡a v samom nachale Velikoĭ Otechestvennoĭ voĭny; glavnyĭ geroĭ, leĭtenant Pluzhnikov, - posledniĭ zashchitnik legendarnoĭ Brestskoĭ kreposti. No ne tolʹko o geroicheskom soprotivlenii fashistam rasskazyvaetsi͡a v knige, pered nami istorii͡a o li͡ubvi i gotovnosti vo imi͡a nee na nastoi͡ashchiĭ podvig. Daleko ne vsem avtoram KhKhI veka dano napisatʹ nechto podobnoe po sile i iskrennosti, kak ėtot udivitelʹnyĭ roman o Russkom Soldate... V nastoi͡ashchiĭ sbornik voshli takzhe povestʹ "Vstrechnyĭ boĭ" i rasskaz "Vy chʹe, starichʹe?" - otmechennye svoĭstvennoĭ proizvedenii͡am Borisa Vasilʹeva filosofskoĭ glubinoĭ, muzhestvom i beskompromissnostʹi͡u v poiskakh istiny.

The novels and short stories of Boris Vasiliev (1924-2013) will forever remain classics of Russian literature. His works are included in the school curriculum and have served as the basis for more than twenty films. The novel "Not on the List" (1974) is set at the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War; the main character, Lieutenant Pluzhnikov, is the last defender of the legendary Brest fortress. But the book tells not only about the heroic resistance to the Nazis, but also about love and willingness to perform a real feat in its name. Not all authors of the 21st century are given to write something like this amazing novel about a Russian Soldier... This collection also includes the novella "Oncoming Battle" and the short story "Whose are you, old man?" — marked by the philosophical depth characteristic of Boris Vasiliev's works, courage and uncompromising search for truth.