Baltic sky

This legendary novel is rightfully recognized as one of the best and most truthful books about the Great Patriotic War. Being a participant in the defense of Leningrad and after holding the entire blockade Nikolai Chukovsky in the city-military unit in the 3rd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment-created an amazingly reliable work of the material for which the blocked life itself became, and the heroes with whom the author shared all the hardships of the war in the besieged city. This book with unusual courage and reliability tells about the most difficult everyday life of the besieged Leningrad and the pilots of the Baltic Fleet aviation, who defended the road of life and the sky of the Great City from the inhuman Luftwaffe bombing.
The famous novel has become the basis for the film of the same name, which, despite the fact that more than half a century has passed since the release of the screens, remains the best cinematic work on the blockade and battle for Leningrad: the history of the I-16 fighter squadron under The command of Captain Rassokhin (the brilliant role of the great Mikhail Ulyanov)