About the book: 1964 / Nikolai Kirillovich Lichak was born in 1917 in the Lugansk region into the family of an employee. After graduating from a seven-year school, he entered the Rostov Maritime College, then sailed as a sailor in the Azov and Black Seas. In 1939 he graduated from the Odessa Artillery School. During the battles with the White Finns he commanded an artillery platoon. During the Great Patriotic War he was in the active army. He was the commander of a battery and a separate reconnaissance artillery division. After the war, he graduated from the M.V. Frunze Military Academy and worked as a special correspondent for Red Star. Member of the party since 1941. The first essays and stories were published in military newspapers, in the magazine “Soviet Warrior”. In 1954, a book of stories “The Feat of a Sergeant” was published, then the collections “In the Name of the Motherland” and “This is How a Feat Is Performed”, and in 1961 the stories “Test” and “Artillery Officer”. “People of Military Feat” - a collection of essays about Soviet Heroes Union. They talk about courage, courage, military cunning, and the high moral and combat qualities of soldiers - infantrymen, tank crews, artillerymen and aviators during the war..