About the book: 1972 / Volodya woke up at midnight. Outside the window, every now and then a rocket flies into the sky, from time to time a machine-gun burst cuts through the thick darkness... Quietly he opened the door and went out into the garden. He lay down on the ground and crawled towards the river. Here is the sedge, and behind it is a minefield. It seems to be crawling not on the ground, but on hot coals. But he didn’t turn back - after all, ours are across the river, and we need to tell them where the guns, tanks, ammunition depots are camouflaged... I. Logvinenko’s story “Crimson Dawns” tells about the short but heroic life of a pioneer from the Kiev region Volodya Buchatsky».