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Soviet Memories of War series, edited by Artem Drabkin. Previous volumes in this series:

Volume 1: Penalty Strike. The Memoirs of a Red Army Penal Company Commander 1943 — 45 by Alexander V. Pyl’cyn

Volume 2: Red Star Airacobra: Memoirs of a Soviet Fighter Ace 1941-45 by Evgeniy Mariinskiy

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Notes

1

Translator’s note — lit. ‘crown’.

2

Translator’s note — Mediaeval warrior heroes comparable with West European knights-errant.

3

Translator’s note — a common designation for people subjected to repression during Stalin’s purges.

4

Translator’s note — Young Communist League.

5

Translator’s note — felt boots.

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