About the book: 2021 / Background and completion of the book “Scout, Penal, Death Row.” It describes the events of Gregory's life that happened to him before and after the end of the Great Patriotic War of 1941 - 1945. On the eve of the war, Gregory graduated from the army intelligence school, where the best of the best were selected. He received his baptism of fire on June 22, 1941, under the attacks of German bombers. He was captured when Sevastopol fell. He went through all the circles of hell, miraculously surviving in a concentration camp and a secret special school, where Russian prisoners were used as sparring partners for training German shepherds. After his release, the condemned man had to “atone for his guilt with blood” in a penal battalion transferred to the Far East. In August 1945, he had to destroy the Kwantung Army, beat the “samurai”, storm impregnable Japanese fortifications and again face death even after the Victory! The novel is based on real events.