Live Until Dawn

The action of the story «To Live Until Dawn» unfolds in the winter of 1941, during the most difficult period of the defense of Moscow. A young lieutenant is entrusted with leading a sabotage detachment to destroy a German warehouse. While carrying out the mission, almost all the fighters are killed. The heavily wounded lieutenant is left alone and decides: his sacrifice will be «the last contribution for the Motherland in the name of the Soviet duty». The collection also includes the story «Kruglyansky Bridge».