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Grigoriĭ Baklanov - sovetskiĭ pisatelʹ, frontovik, odin iz i͡arkikh predstaviteleĭ "leĭtenantskoĭ prozy", sredi kotorykh Viktor Astafʹev, I͡Uriĭ Bondarev, Vasilʹ Bykov, Boris Vasilʹev, Viktor Nekrasov… V 1941 godu, kogda Baklanovu bylo 17 let, on dobrovolʹt͡sem ushel na front, uchastvoval v boi͡akh na Ukraine, v Moldavii, Rumynii i Vengrii; konet͡s voĭny zastal ego v Avstrii, v zvanii mladshego leĭtenanta. Dostovernye ėpizody voĭny, otrazhennye v proizvedenii͡akh Baklanova, chasto shli vrazrez s paradnoĭ istorieĭ, no nesli pravdu, kotorui͡u avtor khotel rasskazatʹ, - o tom, chto videl i perezhil. "Novye pokolenii͡a ne predstavli͡ai͡ut sebe, chto zhe takoe v svoe vremi͡a, v kont͡se 50-kh - nachale 60-kh, byla tak nazyvaemai͡a „leĭtenantskai͡a proza", - vspominal Baklanov. - Ėto byl, v pervui͡u ocheredʹ, svoĭ vzgli͡ad na voĭnu, pisali o tom, chto sami vynesli s poleĭ srazheniĭ, pravdu delali dostoi͡aniem vsekh".V nastoi͡ashchee izdanie voshli izvestnye voennye povesti Baklanova "I͡Uzhnee glavnogo udara" i "Pi͡adʹ zemli", a takzhe rasskazy "Byl mesi͡at͡s maĭ", "Vot i konchilasʹ voĭna", "Nadi͡a".

Grigory Baklanov is a Soviet writer, a front—line soldier, one of the brightest representatives of "lieutenant's prose", among whom Viktor Astafyev, Yuri Bondarev, Vasil Bykov, Boris Vasiliev, Viktor Nekrasov... In 1941, when Baklanov was 17 years old, he volunteered for the front, participated in battles in Ukraine, Moldova, Romania and Hungary; the end of the war found him in Austria, with the rank of second lieutenant. The authentic episodes of the war reflected in Baklanov's works often ran counter to the parade story, but they carried the truth that the author wanted to tell, about what he saw and experienced. "The new generations have no idea what the so-called "lieutenant's prose" was at one time, in the late 50s and early 60s," Baklanov recalled. "It was, first of all, their view of the war, they wrote about what they themselves had brought out from the battlefields, making the truth known to everyone."This edition includes Baklanov's famous military novels "South of the Main Blow" and "A Span of Land", as well as the stories "It was the month of May", "That's the end of the war", "Nadia".