Summary

The Great Patriotic War brought an unprecedented number of names to the pantheon of heroes – marshals and partisans, privates, children, and women. This war has become truly a people's war. Alexander Matrosov and Arkady Kamanin, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and Marat Kazei, Zina Portnova and Valya Kotik – their feat has forever remained in the memory of the people.