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Red Road From Stalingrad: Recollections of a Soviet Infantryman
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Red Road From Stalingrad: Recollections of a Soviet Infantryman
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Red Road From Stalingrad: Recollections of a Soviet Infantryman
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Red Road From Stalingrad: Recollections of a Soviet Infantryman

Written by Mansur Abdulin

Narrated by Alex Hyde-White

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Mansur Abdulin fought in the front ranks of the Soviet infantry against the German invaders at Stalingrad, Kursk and on the banks of the Dnieper. This is his extraordinary story. His vivid inside view of a ruthless war on the Eastern Front gives a rare insight into the reality of the fighting and into the tactics and mentality of the Red Army's soldiers.

In his own words, and with a remarkable clarity of recall, he describes what combat was like on the ground, face to face with a skilled, deadly and increasingly desperate enemy. The terrifying moments of action, the discomfort of existence at the front, the humorous moments, the absurdities and cruelties of army organization, and the sheer physical and psychological harshness of the campaign – all these aspects of a Soviet soldier's experience during the Great Patriotic War are brought dramatically to life in Mansur Abdulin's memoirs.

The grand strategy of the campaigns across the Eastern Front is less important here than the sequence of brutal and bloody engagements that were the firsthand experience of the common soldier. It is this close-up view of combat that makes Mansur Abdulin's reminiscences of such value.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 18, 2020
ISBN9781526769763
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Mansur Abdulin

Mansur Gizatulovich Abdulin worked as a gold miner before the war. After the attack of Nazi Germany on Soviet Union, he entered the army as a volunteer. He fought in the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk, and battles on the Dniepr River, where he was wounded and later demobilized. He served as a mortar crew and an infantryman and received an Order of the Red Star. After the war, he returned to the mining and lives in Orenburg Oblast.

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    most informative yet fascinating. The narrator is excellent I do wonder if he is related to Wilfred. I do love it when the narrator merges with the subject and therefore never becomes an irritation. Bravo