I've just finished reading an excellent Red Army memoir titled "Red Road From Stalingrad Recollections of a Soviet Infantryman" by Mansur Abdulin. This book has been the best memoir that I have read from a soldier's perspective regardless of nationality. The book begins with Abdulin's first kill with an SVT40 rifle, and subsequently was awarded the "Bravery" medal being that he is the first man in his unit to have killed an enemy soldier. One can follow Abdulin through the battles around Stalingrad, and through Kursk until his sever wounding in 1943.
Later on during the author's service, he joins the Communist Party, and becomes in essence a commissar for his unit. His descriptions of combat are very detailed, and he explains that his descriptions are from his personal obersavations rather than the larger picture.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the battles on the Eastern Front.
Later on during the author's service, he joins the Communist Party, and becomes in essence a commissar for his unit. His descriptions of combat are very detailed, and he explains that his descriptions are from his personal obersavations rather than the larger picture.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the battles on the Eastern Front.
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