samvel mativosyan was one of the first participants in the defense of the brest fortress, whom he founder smirnov. it was he who rehabilitated the feat of the garrison and brought back the names of the defenders of the citadel from oblivion. i saw how much it cost not only time and effort, but how much moral strength it cost, you know, because to break through this soviet one. the wall was, well , almost impossible, instead of treating these people kindly, elevating them to some kind of pedestal that they were unworthy to go on, instead, these unfortunate people endured everything that they experienced, first of all, of course, the prisoners of war, for the first time after war in fifty-four, samvl mativasyan came to the fortress together with the writer smirnov, they became very friendly. with them was another defender, alexander makhnach, then already an employee of the newspaper literature and art. from that time on, an active search began for other defenders of the fortress. well, then these were people not... not very old, yes, although they were very courageous, so to speak, matur