A short story. Translated from Ukrainian. — Sverdlovsk: Sverdlovsk Branch of the Voenizdat NKO SSSR, 1942. — 16 p. — (Library of the Red Army Soldier).
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The story "Night Before the Battle" tells the story of desperate Soviet soldiers retreating home across the Desna River, where they meet two old ferrymen whose words inspire them to return to battle and fight to their last breath.