Isaak Kobylyanskiy earned a Ph.D. in radio engineering and enjoyed a successful career of more than four decades in Soviet industry. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1994 and now lives in Rochester, New York. Stuart Britton also edited and translated Nikolai Litvin's 800 Days on the Eastern Front: A Russian Soldier Remembers World War II (see page 40).

A candid, accurate, and revealing picture of life in a combat formation that played a significant role in many important Red Army battles and operations during the Great Patriotic War.... Covers forgotten or neglected aspects of the war in unprecedented detail. David Glantz, author of Colossus Reborn: The Red Army at War, 1941-1943 ""A very good read, and a significant contribution to the work of scholars such as myself who take a keen interest in the social aspects of soldiering in the Red Army."" Roger Reese, author of Red Commanders: A Social History of the Soviet Army Officer Corps, 1918-1991

Isaak Kobylyanskiy earned a Ph.D. in radio engineering and enjoyed a successful career of more than four decades in Soviet industry. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1994 and now lives in Rochester, New York. Stuart Britton also edited and translated Nikolai Litvin's 800 Days on the Eastern Front: A Russian Soldier Remembers World War II (see page 40).

A candid, accurate, and revealing picture of life in a combat formation that played a significant role in many important Red Army battles and operations during the Great Patriotic War.... Covers forgotten or neglected aspects of the war in unprecedented detail. David Glantz, author of Colossus Reborn: The Red Army at War, 1941-1943 ""A very good read, and a significant contribution to the work of scholars such as myself who take a keen interest in the social aspects of soldiering in the Red Army."" Roger Reese, author of Red Commanders: A Social History of the Soviet Army Officer Corps, 1918-1991

Isaak Kobylyanskiy earned a Ph.D. in radio engineering and enjoyed a successful career of more than four decades in Soviet industry. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1994 and now lives in Rochester, New York. Stuart Britton also edited and translated Nikolai Litvin's 800 Days on the Eastern Front: A Russian Soldier Remembers World War II (see page 40).

A candid, accurate, and revealing picture of life in a combat formation that played a significant role in many important Red Army battles and operations during the Great Patriotic War.... Covers forgotten or neglected aspects of the war in unprecedented detail. David Glantz, author of Colossus Reborn: The Red Army at War, 1941-1943 ""A very good read, and a significant contribution to the work of scholars such as myself who take a keen interest in the social aspects of soldiering in the Red Army."" Roger Reese, author of Red Commanders: A Social History of the Soviet Army Officer Corps, 1918-1991