About the book: 1971 / Writer Nikolai Naumov is working on works about modern life in the army. His novel “The Fighting Continues” and the story “In the Lines,” published by the Military Publishing House, were devoted to this topic. N. Naumov’s new story “Colonel Gorin” also talks about the people of the modern army. An acute, intense struggle for the improvement of man, the education of subordinates and the education of educators themselves - this is what forms the basis of the poignant plot, in which the images created by the author are revealed in relief. Everything that is told in the story captivates with its truthfulness, deep knowledge of army life, and the courage of the problems posed, to the solution of which the author seeks to involve readers. The author’s success is the images he created of the division commander Gorin, his deputy for political affairs Colonel Znobin, and a number of other officers and soldier.