About the book: 2023 / A story about a small village located in the steppe near the borders of Kazakhstan. What's so remarkable about it? Here in 1942, under enemy fire, railway workers accomplished a feat, providing the Stalingrad Front with everything necessary. The boy Kolya lived here. He is ten years old. He knew what war was like firsthand. Each time he looked into the steppe, he wanted to understand it, to hear it. I was waiting for an answer. And he waited... An incredible story, written based on real events that happened to a village resident and the boy Kolya.