the foundry of the tractor factory, in which there was a house of culture known throughout stalingrad conservatoryear before the start of the war he returned to stalin from the soloist of the philharmonic and immediately became a local celebrity. on the very first day of the war, nikiforov came to the draft board and wrote down 20 days for volunteers. he wandered in a human mad mess in the belarusian forests until he went out to the wedding for another 20 days he was interrogated in a filtration camp. those terrible first months of the war. they made him harsh and reserved and even cruel. the field marshal himself, paulus, invited me to dinner. called me a hero. a hero with you completely impossible to fight you have no idea about the honor of the bandits. who are shot in the back. you are not fighting to win. i came here as a soldier. and you made a beast out of me? well, in general? will we learn to shoot? haven't gotten tired of it yet. something shakes its head. say with words. i didn’t want to once i wanted two i wanted three i wanted two bodies. what were you with the germans? you don't say