The story "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" written by Vasiliev Boris Lvovich (years of life - 1924-2013), was first born in 1969. The work, according to the author himself, is based on a real military episode, when, after being wounded, seven soldiers serving on the railway prevented a German sabotage group from blowing it up. After the battle, only one sergeant, the commander of the Soviet fighters, managed to survive. In this article, we will analyze "The dawns here are quiet", we will describe summary this story.

War is tears and grief, destruction and horror, madness and extermination of all life. She brought trouble to everyone, knocking on every house: wives lost their husbands, mothers - sons, children were forced to be left without fathers. Many people went through it, experienced all these horrors, but they managed to survive and win in the hardest of all wars ever endured by mankind. Let's start the analysis of "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" with short description events, along with commenting on them.

Boris Vasiliev served as a young lieutenant at the beginning of the war. In 1941, he went to the front while still a schoolboy, and two years later he was forced to leave the army due to a severe shell shock. Thus, this writer knew the war firsthand. Therefore it the best works- it is about her, about the fact that a person manages to remain a person only by fulfilling his duty to the end.

In the work "The Dawns Here Are Quiet", the content of which is war, it is felt especially sharply, since it is turned by an unusual facet for us. We are all used to associate men with her, but here the main characters are girls and women. They stood up against the enemy alone in the middle of the Russian land: lakes, swamps. The enemy - hardy, strong, merciless, well-armed, greatly outnumbers them.

Events unfold in May 1942. Depicted is a railway siding and its commander - Fedor Evgrafych Vaskov, a 32-year-old man. The soldiers arrive here, but then they start to walk and drink. Therefore, Vaskov writes reports, and in the end they send him anti-aircraft gunners under the command of Rita Osyanina, a widow (her husband died at the front). Then Zhenya Komelkova arrives, instead of the carrier killed by the Germans. All five girls had their own character.

Five different characters: analysis

"The Dawns Here Are Quiet" is a work that describes interesting female characters. Sonya, Galya, Lisa, Zhenya, Rita - five different, but in some ways very similar girls. Rita Osyanina is gentle and strong-willed, distinguished by spiritual beauty. She is the most fearless, courageous, she is a mother. Zhenya Komelkova is white-skinned, red-haired, tall, with childish eyes, always laughing, cheerful, mischievous to the point of adventurism, tired of pain, war and painful and long love for a married and distant person. Sonya Gurvich is an excellent student, a refined poetic nature, as if she had come out of a book of poems by Alexander Blok. she always knew how to wait, she knew that she was destined for life, and it was impossible to escape her. The latter, Galya, always lived more actively in the imaginary world than in the real one, therefore she was very afraid of this merciless terrible phenomenon, which is war. "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" depicts this heroine as a funny, never matured, clumsy, childish orphanage girl. Escape from the orphanage, notes and dreams ... about long dresses, solo parts and universal worship. She wanted to become new love Orlova.

The analysis of "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" allows us to say that none of the girls was able to fulfill their desires, because they did not have time to live their lives.

Further developments

The heroes of "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" fought for their Motherland like no one else had ever fought anywhere. They hated the enemy with all their heart. The girls always carried out orders clearly, as young soldiers should. They experienced everything: losses, worries, tears. Right before the eyes of these fighters, their good friends were dying, but the girls held on. They stood to the death to the very end, they did not let anyone through, and there were hundreds and thousands of such patriots. Thanks to them, it was possible to defend the freedom of the Motherland.

Death of heroines

These girls had different deaths, as they were different life paths, followed by the heroes of "The Dawns Here Are Quiet". Rita was wounded by a grenade. She understood that she could not survive, that the wound was fatal, and that she would have to die painfully and for a long time. Therefore, gathering the rest of her strength, she shot herself in the temple. Gali's death was as reckless and painful as she herself - the girl could have hidden and saved her life, but did not. It remains only to speculate what motivated her then. Perhaps just a moment of confusion, perhaps cowardice. Sony's death was cruel. She didn't even know how the dagger blade had pierced her cheerful young heart. Zhenya is a little reckless, desperate. She believed in herself until the very end, even when she led the Germans away from Osyanina, she never doubted for a moment that everything would end well. Therefore, even after the first bullet hit her in the side, she was only surprised. After all, it was so improbable, absurd and stupid to die when you were only nineteen years old. Lisa's death happened unexpectedly. It was a very stupid surprise - the girl was dragged into the swamp. The author writes that until the last moment the heroine believed that "tomorrow will be for her."

Petty Officer Vaskov

Sergeant Major Vaskov, whom we have already mentioned in summary"And the dawns here are quiet," as a result, he is left alone in the midst of torment, misfortune, alone with death and three prisoners. But now he has five times more strength. What was in this fighter of the human, the best, but hidden deep in the soul, was suddenly revealed. He felt and experienced both for himself and for his "sister" girls. The foreman laments, he does not understand why this happened, because they need to give birth to children, and not die.

So, according to the plot, all the girls died. What guided them when they went into battle, not sparing their own lives, defending their land? Perhaps just a duty to the Fatherland, his people, perhaps patriotism? Everything was mixed up at that moment.

Sergeant Major Vaskov ultimately blames himself for everything, and not the Nazis he hates. As a tragic requiem, his words that he "put down all five" are perceived.

Conclusion

Reading the work "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" one involuntarily becomes an observer of the everyday life of anti-aircraft gunners at a bombed-out junction in Karelia. This story is based on an episode that is insignificant in the vast scale of the Great Patriotic War, but it is told in such a way that all its horrors stand before your eyes in all their ugly, terrible inconsistency with the essence of man. It is emphasized by the fact that the work is called "The Dawns Here Are Quiet", and by the fact that its heroes are girls who are forced to participate in the war.

The story "The Dawns Here Are Quiet", a summary of which is given later in the article, tells about the events taking place during the Great Patriotic War.

The work is dedicated to the heroic deed of the anti-aircraft gunners, who suddenly found themselves surrounded by the Germans.

About the story "The Dawns Here Are Quiet"

The story was first published in 1969, it was approved by the editor of the magazine "Youth".

The reason for writing the work was a real episode of wartime.

A small group of 7 soldiers recovering from their wounds prevented the Germans from undermining the Kirov railway.

As a result of the operation, only one commander survived, who subsequently received the medal "For Military Merit" at the end of the war.

The episode is tragic, however, in the realities of wartime, this event is lost among the horrors terrible war. Then the author remembered the 300,000 women who carried the hardships of the front along with the male fighters.

And the plot of the story was built on tragic destinies female anti-aircraft gunners who die during a reconnaissance operation.

Who is the author of the book "The Dawns Here Are Quiet"

The work is written by Boris Vasiliev in the narrative genre.

When the Great Patriotic War began, he barely finished the 9th grade.

Boris Lvovich fought near Smolensk, received a shell shock, and therefore knew firsthand about front-line life.

He became interested in literary work in the 50s, writing plays and scripts. The writer took up prose stories only 10 years later.

The main characters of the story "The Dawns Here Are Quiet"

Vaskov Fedot Evgrafych

The foreman, in whose command the anti-aircraft gunners entered, held the commandant's position at the 171st railway siding.

He is 32 years old, but the girls gave him the nickname "old man" for his intractable character.

Before the war, he was an ordinary peasant from the village, had 4 classes of education, at the age of 14 he was forced to become the only breadwinner in the family.

Vaskov's son, whom he sued from his ex-wife after a divorce, died before the start of the war.

Gurvich Sonya

A simple shy girl from a large family, born and raised in Minsk. Her father worked as a local doctor.

Before the war, she managed to study for a year at Moscow State University as an interpreter, she spoke fluent German. Sonya's first love was a bespectacled student who studied in the library at the next table, with whom they timidly communicated.

When the war began, due to an excess of translators at the front, Sonya ended up in a school for anti-aircraft gunners, and then in the detachment of Fedot Vaskov.

The girl was very fond of poetry, her cherished dream was to see her many household members again. During a reconnaissance operation, Sonya was killed by a German with two stab wounds in the chest.

Brichkina Elizabeth

Country girl, forester's daughter. From the age of 14, she was forced to leave her studies and take care of her terminally ill mother.

She dreamed of entering a technical school, so after the death of her mother, following the advice of one of her father's friends, she was going to move to the capital. But her plans were not destined to come true, they were corrected by the war - Liza went to the front.

The gloomy Sergeant Vaskov immediately aroused great sympathy in the girl. During a reconnaissance raid, Liza was sent through the swamp for help, but she was in too much of a hurry and drowned. After some time, Vaskov will find her skirt in the swamp, then he will realize that he was left without help.

Komelkova Evgenia

Cheerful and beautiful red-haired girl. The Germans shot all the members of her family, the merciless massacre took place right in front of Zhenya's eyes.

Her neighbor saved the girl from death. Burning with a desire to avenge the death of her relatives, Zhenya went into anti-aircraft gunners.

The attractive appearance of the girl and the perky character made her the object of courtship of Colonel Luzhin, so the authorities, in order to interrupt the romance, redirected Zhenya to the women's detachment, so she came under the command of Vaskov.

In intelligence, Zhenya twice showed fearlessness and heroism. She saved her commander when he was fighting a German. And then, putting herself under the bullets, she led the Germans away from the place where the foreman and her wounded friend Rita hid.

Chetvertak Galina

A very young and receptive girl, she was distinguished by short stature and a habit of writing stories and fables.

She grew up in an orphanage and did not even have her own last name. Because of her small stature, the elderly caretaker, who was friendly to Galya, came up with her surname Chetvertak.

Before the call, the girl almost managed to finish 3 courses of the library technical school. During the reconnaissance operation, Galya could not cope with her fear and jumped out of cover, falling under German bullets.

Osyanina Margarita

The senior person in the platoon, Rita was distinguished by seriousness, was very reserved and rarely smiled. As a girl, she bore the surname Mushtakova.

At the very beginning of the war, her husband, Lieutenant Osyanin, died. Wanting to avenge the death of a loved one, Rita went to the front.

She gave her only son Albert to be raised by her mother. The death of Rita was the last of the five girls in intelligence. She shot herself, realizing that she was mortally wounded and was an unbearable burden for her commander Vaskov.

Before she died, she asked the foreman to take care of Albert. And he kept his promise.

Other characters of "The Dawns Here Are Quiet"

Kiryanova

She was a senior combat comrade of Rita, industrial platoon. Before serving on the border, she participated in the Finnish War. Kiryanova, along with Rita, Zhenya Komelkova and Galya Chetvertak, were redirected to the 171st siding.

Knowing about Rita's secret raids to her son and mother while serving with Vaskov, she did not betray her longtime colleague, standing up for her that morning when the girl met the Germans in the forest.

Brief retelling of the story "The Dawns Here Are Quiet"

The events of the story are given in a strong reduction. Dialogue and descriptive moments are omitted.

Chapter 1

The action took place in the rear. At the inactive railway siding at number 171, only a few surviving houses remain. There were no more bombings, but as a precaution, the command left anti-aircraft installations here.

Compared to other parts of the front, there was a resort at the junction, the soldiers abused alcohol and flirted with local residents.

The weekly reports of the commandant of the patrol, foreman Vaskov Fedot Evgrafych, on anti-aircraft gunners led to a regular change in composition, but the picture repeated again and again. Finally, after analyzing the current situation, the command sent a team of anti-aircraft gunners under the leadership of the foreman.

The new squad had no problems with drinking and revelry, however, for Fedot Evgrafych, commanding a female cocky and trained squad was unusual, since he himself had only 4 grades of education.

Chapter 2

The death of her husband made Margarita Osyanina a stern and self-contained person. From the moment of the loss of her beloved, a desire for revenge burned in her heart, so she remained to serve on the border near the places where Osyanin died.

To replace the dead carrier, they sent Yevgeny Komelkov, a mischievous red-haired beauty. She also suffered from the Nazis - she had to see with her own eyes the execution of all family members by the Germans. Two dissimilar girls became friends and Rita's heart began to thaw from the grief experienced, thanks to Zhenya's cheerful and open disposition.

Two girls accepted the shy Galya Chetvertak into their circle. When Rita finds out that it is possible to transfer to the 171st junction, she immediately agrees, since her son and mother live very close by.

All three anti-aircraft gunners come under the command of Vaskov and Rita, with the help of her girlfriends, makes regular night trips to her relatives.

Chapter 3

Returning in the morning after one of her secret sorties, Rita ran into two German soldiers in the forest. They were armed and carried something heavy in sacks.

Rita immediately reported this to Vaskov, who guessed that they were saboteurs whose goal was to undermine a strategically important railway junction.

The foreman betrayed important information to the command by phone and received an order to comb the forest. He decided to go to Lake Vop in a short way in front of the Germans.

For reconnaissance, Fedot Evgrafych took with him five girls, led by Rita. They were Brichkina Elizaveta, Komelkova Evgenia, Galina Chetvertak and Sonya Gurvich as an interpreter.

Before sending the fighters, they had to be taught how to properly put on shoes so as not to erase their feet, and also to force them to clean their rifles. The quacking of a drake was a conditional signal of danger.

Chapter 4

The shortest path to the forest lake went through a swampy swamp. For almost half a day, the team had to walk waist-deep in cold marsh slush. Galya Chetvertak lost her boot and footcloth, and part of the way through the swamp she had to walk barefoot.

Having reached the shore, the whole team was able to rest, wash dirty clothes and have a snack. To continue the campaign, Vaskov made birch bark for Gali. We reached the desired point only in the evening, here it was necessary to set up an ambush.

Chapter 5

When planning a meeting with two fascist soldiers, Vaskov did not worry much and hoped that he would be able to capture them from the advanced position, which he placed among the stones. However, in case of an unforeseen event, the foreman provided for the possibility of retreat.

The night passed quietly, only the fighter Chetvertak became very ill, walking barefoot through the swamp. In the morning, the Germans reached out to the Sinyukhina ridge between the lakes, the enemy detachment consisted of sixteen people.

Chapter 6

Realizing that he had miscalculated, and that a large German detachment could not be stopped, Vaskov sent Elizaveta Brichkina for help. He chose Lisa because she grew up in nature and was very well oriented in the forest.

To delay the Nazis, the team decided to portray the noisy activities of the lumberjacks. They lit fires, Vaskov chopped down trees, the girls called back and forth cheerfully. When the German detachment was 10 meters from them, Zhenya ran straight to the river in order to divert the attention of enemy scouts while swimming.

Their plan worked, the Germans went around, and the team managed to win a whole day of time.

Chapter 7

Lisa was in a hurry to get help. Failing to follow the instructions of the foreman about the pass on the island in the middle of the swamp, she, tired and frozen, continued on her way.

Almost reaching the end of the swamp, Lisa thought and was greatly frightened by a large bubble that swelled right in front of her in the dead silence of the swamp.

Instinctively, the girl rushed to the side and lost her footing. The pole Lisa tried to lean on broke. The last thing she saw before her death was the rays of the rising sun.

Chapter 8

The foreman did not know exactly about the trajectory of the Germans, so he decided to go on reconnaissance with Rita. They found a halt, 12 Nazis were resting near the fire and drying clothes. The whereabouts of the other four could not be ascertained.

Vaskov decides to change his place of deployment, and therefore sends Rita for the girls and at the same time asks to bring his personalized pouch. But in the confusion, the pouch was forgotten in the old place, and Sonya Gurvich, without waiting for the permission of the commander, ran after the expensive thing.

After a short time, the foreman heard a barely audible cry. As an experienced fighter, he guessed what this cry meant. Together with Zhenya, they went in the direction of the sound and found Sonya's body, killed with two stab wounds in the chest.

Chapter 9

Leaving Sonya, the foreman and Zhenya set off in pursuit of the Nazis so that they would not have time to report the incident to their own. Rage helps the foreman to clearly think over a plan of action.

Vaskov quickly killed one of the Germans, Zhenya helped him cope with the second, stunning the Fritz in the head with a butt. This was the first hand-to-hand fight for the girl, which she suffered very hard.

In the pocket of one of the Fritz, Vaskov found his pouch. The entire team of anti-aircraft gunners, led by the foreman, gathered near Sonya. The body of a colleague was buried with dignity.

Chapter 10

Making their way through the forest, Vaskov's team unexpectedly ran into the Germans. In a fraction of a second, the foreman threw a grenade forward, machine-gun bursts crackled. Not knowing the forces of the enemy, the Nazis decided to retreat.

During a short fight, Galya Chetvertak could not overcome her fear and did not participate in the shooting. For such behavior, the girls wanted to condemn her at the Komsomol meeting, however, the commander stood up for the confused anti-aircraft gunner.

Despite being very tired, perplexed about the reasons for the delay in help, the foreman goes on reconnaissance, taking Galina with him for educational purposes.

Chapter 11

Galya was very much frightened by what was happening real events. A dreamer and writer, she often plunged into a fictional world, and therefore the picture real war knocked her out of the loop.

Vaskov and Chetvertak soon discovered two bodies German soldiers. By all indications, the soldiers wounded in the skirmish were finished off by their own comrades. Not far from this place, the remaining 12 Fritz continued reconnaissance, two of which came quite close to Fedot and Galya.

The foreman safely hid Galina behind the bushes and hid himself in the stones, but the girl could not cope with her feelings and, screaming, jumped out of the shelter right under the German machine-gun fire. Vaskov began to lead the Germans away from his remaining fighters and ran to the swamp, where he took refuge.

During the chase, he was wounded in the arm. When it dawned, the foreman saw Liza's skirt in the distance, then he realized that now he could not count on help.

Chapter 12

Being under the yoke of heavy thoughts, the foreman went in search of the Germans. Trying to understand the train of thought of the enemy and examining the traces, he came across the Legont Skete. From hiding, he watched as a group of fascists of 12 people hid explosives in an old hut.

For protection, the saboteurs left two soldiers, one of whom was wounded. Vaskov managed to neutralize a healthy guard and take possession of his weapon.

The foreman, Rita and Zhenya met on the bank of the river, in the place where they portrayed lumberjacks. After going through terrible trials, they began to treat each other like brothers. After a halt, they began to prepare for last fight.

Chapter 13

Vaskov's team held the defense of the coast as if they had the entire Motherland behind them. But the forces were unequal, and the Germans still managed to cross to their shore. Rita was seriously wounded by a grenade explosion.

In order to save the foreman and the wounded girlfriend, Zhenya, shooting back, ran further and further into the forest, leading the saboteurs with her. The girl was wounded in the side by a blind shot from the enemy, but she did not even think to hide and wait.

Already lying in the grass, Zhenya fired until the Germans shot her point-blank.

Chapter 14

Fedot Evgrafych, having bandaged Rita and covered her with spruce paws, wanted to go in search of Zhenya and things. For peace of mind, he decided to leave her a revolver with two rounds.

Rita understood that she was mortally wounded, she was only afraid that her son would remain an orphan. Therefore, she asked the foreman to take care of Albert, saying that it was from him and from her mother that she was returning that morning when she encountered German soldiers.

Vaskov made such a promise, but before he could move a few steps away from Rita, the girl shot herself in the temple.

The foreman buried Rita, and then found and buried Zhenya. The wounded hand ached a lot, the whole body burned with pain and tension, but Vaskov decided to go to the skete to kill at least one more German. He managed to neutralize the sentry, five Fritz were sleeping in the skete, one of which he shot immediately.

Having forced them to bind each other, barely alive, he led them into captivity. Only when Vaskov saw the Russian soldiers did he allow himself to lose consciousness.

Epilogue

Some time after the war, in a letter to his comrade, one tourist describes amazing quiet places in the region of two lakes. In the text, he also mentions one old man without an arm, who came here with his son Albert Fedotovich, a rocket captain.

Subsequently, this tourist, together with his new comrades, installed a marble slab with names on the grave of anti-aircraft gunner girls.

Conclusion

A piercing story about female heroism during the Great Patriotic War leaves an indelible mark on the hearts. The author repeatedly emphasizes in his narrative about the unnatural nature of the participation of women in hostilities, and the fault lies with the one who unleashed the war.

In 1972, director Stanislav Rostotsky made a film based on the story. He dedicated it to the nurse who carried him off the battlefield, saving him from certain death.

Plot

Basic storyline The story is a reconnaissance campaign of the heroes of the work. It is during the campaign that the characters of the characters are known to each other, heroism and love feelings are manifested.

Characters

Fedot Vaskov

Screen adaptations

The story was filmed in 1972, 2005 and 2008:

• "" - a film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky (USSR, 1972).
• "" - a film directed by Mao Weining (China, Russia, 2005).
• "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" - TV series (Russia, 2008).

Theatrical performances

In addition, the story was staged in the theater:

• Moscow Taganka Theatre, director Yuri Lyubimov (USSR, 1971);
• "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" - opera by Kirill Molchanov (USSR, 1973).
• "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" - a performance by the Borisoglebsk Drama Theater. N. G. Chernyshevsky (Russia, 2012).

Editions

• Boris Vasiliev"And the dawns here are quiet..." - Karelia, 1975. - 112 p. - 90,000 copies.

• Boris Vasiliev"And the dawns here are quiet..." - DOSAAF, Moscow, 1977.

• Boris Vasiliev"And the dawns here are quiet..." - Pravda, 1979. - 496 p. - 200,000 copies.

• Boris Vasiliev"And the dawns here are quiet..." - Soviet writer. Moscow, 1977. - 144 p. - 200,000 copies.

• Boris Vasiliev"And the dawns here are quiet..." - Daguchpedgiz, 1985. - 104 p. - 100,000 copies.

• Georgy Berezko, Boris Vasiliev"Night of the commander", "And the dawns here are quiet ...". - Pravda, 1991. - 500000 p. - ISBN 5-253-00231-6

• Boris Vasiliev"And the dawns here are quiet..." - 2010. - ISBN 978-5-17-063439-2

• Boris Vasiliev"And the dawns here are quiet..." - Eksmo, 2011. - 768 p. - 3000 copies. - ISBN 978-5-699-48101-9

• Boris Vasiliev"And the dawns here are quiet..." - Astrel, 2011. - 576 p. - 2500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-17-067279-0

• Boris Vasiliev"And the dawns here are quiet..." - AST, 2011. - 576 p. - 2500 copies. - ISBN 978-5-271-28118-1

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And the dawns here are quiet...

May 1942 Countryside in Russia. There is a war with Nazi Germany. The 171st railway siding is commanded by foreman Fedot Evgrafych Vaskov. He is thirty two years old. He has only four grades. Vaskov was married, but his wife ran away with the regimental veterinarian, and his son soon died.

It's quiet on the road. Soldiers arrive here, look around, and then begin to "drink and walk." Vaskov stubbornly writes reports, and, in the end, they send him a platoon of "non-drinking" fighters - anti-aircraft gunners. At first, the girls laugh at Vaskov, but he does not know how to deal with them. Rita Osyanina is in command of the first squad of the platoon. Rita's husband died on the second day of the war. She sent her son Albert to her parents. Soon Rita got into the regimental anti-aircraft school. With the death of her husband, she learned to hate the Germans "quietly and mercilessly" and was harsh with the girls from her department.

The Germans kill the carrier, instead they send Zhenya Komelkova, a slender red-haired beauty. In front of Zhenya a year ago, the Germans shot her loved ones. After their death, Zhenya crossed the front. She was picked up, protected "and not that he took advantage of defenselessness - Colonel Luzhin stuck to himself." He was family, and the military authorities, having found out about this, the colonel "took into circulation", and sent Zhenya "to a good team." Despite everything, Zhenya is "sociable and mischievous". Her fate immediately "crosses out Ritina's exclusivity." Zhenya and Rita converge, and the latter "thaws".

When it comes to transferring from the front line to the patrol, Rita is inspired and asks to send her squad. The junction is located near the city where her mother and son live. At night, Rita secretly runs into the city, carries her products. One day, returning at dawn, Rita sees two Germans in the forest. She wakes up Vaskov. He receives an order from his superiors to "catch" the Germans. Vaskov calculates that the route of the Germans lies on the Kirov railway. The foreman decides to go a short way through the swamps to the Sinyukhina ridge, stretching between two lakes, along which you can only get to the railway, and wait for the Germans there - they will certainly go by the roundabout. Vaskov takes Rita, Zhenya, Lisa Brichkina, Sonya Gurvich and Galya Chetvertak with him.

Lisa is from Bryansk, she is the daughter of a forester. For five years, she took care of her terminally ill mother, because of this she could not finish school. A visiting hunter, who awakened her first love in Liza, promised to help her enter a technical school. But the war began, Liza got into the anti-aircraft unit. Liza likes Sergeant Major Vaskov.

Sonya Gurvich from Minsk. Her father was a local doctor, they had a large and friendly family. She herself studied for a year at Moscow University, knows German. A neighbor from lectures, Sonya's first love, with whom they spent only one unforgettable evening in the park of culture, volunteered for the front.

Galya Chetvertak grew up in an orphanage. It was there that she met her first love. After the orphanage, Galya got into the library technical school. The war caught her in her third year.

The path to Lake Vop lies through the swamps. Vaskov leads the girls along a path well known to him, on both sides of which there is a quagmire. The fighters safely reach the lake and, hiding on the Sinyukhina ridge, are waiting for the Germans. Those appear on the shore of the lake only the next morning. There are not two of them, but sixteen. While the Germans have about three hours left to go to Vaskov and the girls, the foreman sends Lisa Brichkin back to the siding - to report on a change in the situation. But Lisa, crossing the swamp, stumbles and drowns. No one knows about this, and everyone is waiting for help. Until then, the girls decide to mislead the Germans. They portray lumberjacks, shouting loudly, Vaskov felling trees.

The Germans retreat to Lake Legontov, not daring to go along the Sinyukhin ridge, on which, as they think, someone is cutting down the forest. Vaskov with the girls moves to a new place. He left his pouch in the same place, and Sonya Gurvich volunteers to bring it. Hurrying, she stumbles upon two Germans who kill her. Vaskov and Zhenya are killing these Germans. Sonya is buried.

Soon the fighters see the rest of the Germans approaching them. Hiding behind bushes and boulders, they shoot first, the Germans retreat, fearing an invisible enemy. Zhenya and Rita accuse Galya of cowardice, but Vaskov defends her and takes her on reconnaissance for "educational purposes". But Vaskov does not suspect what mark Sonya's death left in Gali's soul. She is terrified and gives herself away at the most crucial moment, and the Germans kill her.

Fedot Evgrafych takes the Germans on himself to lead them away from Zhenya and Rita. He is wounded in the hand. But he manages to get away and get to the island in the swamp. In the water, he notices Lisa's skirt and realizes that help will not come. Vaskov finds the place where the Germans stopped to rest, kills one of them and goes to look for the girls. They are preparing to take the final stand. The Germans appear. In an unequal battle, Vaskov and the girls kill several Germans. Rita is mortally wounded, and while Vaskov is dragging her to safety, the Germans kill Zhenya. Rita asks Vaskov to take care of her son and shoots herself in the temple. Vaskov buries Zhenya and Rita. After that, he goes to the forest hut, where the five remaining Germans sleep. Vaskov kills one of them on the spot, and takes four prisoners. They themselves tie each other with belts, because they do not believe that Vaskov is "alone for many miles." He loses consciousness from pain only when his own, Russians, are already coming towards him.

Many years later, a gray-haired, stocky old man without an arm and a rocket captain, whose name is Albert Fedotovich, will bring a marble slab to Rita's grave.

“The Dawns Here Are Quiet” is a short story that tells with piercing sincerity about the fate of five young girls who died in the swampy Karelian forests. This book, written by Boris Vasiliev in 1969, tells the story of the military events of 1942 so truthfully and touchingly that in a relatively short period it twice managed to attract the attention of filmmakers. We will try to summarize the summary of “The Dawns Here Are Quiet” so that this work does not seem to the reader a dry presentation of facts, but makes him familiarize himself with the original.

Chapter first

There is a war going on. The action takes place in May 1942. Thirty-two-year-old Fedot Evgrafych Vaskov, with the rank of foreman, commands the 171st railway siding. Shortly before Finnish war he married, but when he returned, he found that his wife had gone south with the regimental veterinarian. Vaskov divorced her, and returned the common son, Igor, through the court and gave it to his mother to raise. A year later, the boy was gone.

Everything is calm in his part. The servicemen, looking around, begin to drink. Vaskov scribbling reports to the authorities. He is sent a platoon of girls who make fun of his timidity.

This is the main essence of the first chapter, its summary. “The dawns here are quiet” Vasiliev dedicated to those girls who served and accomplished their feat for the good of the Motherland.

Chapter Two

The commander of the first section of the platoon was a strict girl, Rita Osyanina. Her beloved husband died at the very beginning of the war. Son Albert is now being raised by her parents. Having lost her husband, Rita hated the Germans fiercely and treated the girls of her department harshly.

However, her harsh character softened after the cheerful beauty Zhenya Komelkova entered her department. Even the summary of “The Dawns Here Are Quiet” cannot ignore her tragic fate. In front of this girl, her mother, brother, sister were shot. Zhenya went to the front after their death, where she met Colonel Luzhin, who defended her. He is a family man, and the military authorities, having learned about their romance, sent Zhenya to the girls' team.

The girls were friends of three: Rita, Zhenya and Galya Chetvertak - an unsightly ugly girl whom Zhenya helped to "bloom" by adjusting her tunic and building her hair.

Rita visits her mother and son at night, who live nearby in the city. Of course, no one knows about this.

Chapter Three

Returning to the unit from mother and son, Osyanina notices Germans in the forest. There were two of them. She reports this to Vaskov.

This episode in a key way determines the further summary of "The Dawns Here Are Quiet." Vasilyev arranges events in such a way that a fatal accident affects the subsequent narrative: if Rita had not run to the city to her mother and son, there would have been no whole subsequent story.

She reports what she saw to Vaskov. Fedot Efgrapych calculates the route of the Nazis - Kirovskaya Railway. The foreman decides to go there a short way - through the swamps to the Sinyukhina ridge and already there to wait for the Germans, who, as he expected, will go along the ring road. Five girls go with him: Rita, Zhenya, Galya, Liza Brichkina and Sonya Gurvich.

Fedot tells his wards: "In the evening the air is damp here, dense, and the dawns here are quiet ...". The summary can hardly convey the tragedy of this small work.

Chapters four, five

The girls, led by Vaskov, cross the swamp.

Sonya Gurvich is from Minsk. She comes from a large family, her dad is a local doctor. What happened to her family now, she does not know. The girl graduated from the first year of Moscow University, speaks good German. Her first love - a young man with whom she attended lectures together, went to the front.

Galya Chetvertak is an orphan. After the orphanage, she entered the library technical school. When she was in her third year, the war began. When crossing the swamp, Galya loses her boot.

Chapter Six

All six safely crossed the swamp and, having reached the lake, are waiting for the Germans, who appear only in the morning. There are sixteen Germans, not two, as they expected.

Vaskov sends Liza Brichkina to report on the situation.

While waiting for help, Vaskov and four girls pretend to be lumberjacks to mislead the Germans. Gradually they move to a new place.

Chapter Seven

Liza Brichkina's father is a forester. The girl could not finish school, because she took care of her sick mother for five years. Her first love is a hunter who once stopped for the night in their house. She likes Vaskov.

Returning to the junction, when crossing the swamp, Liza drowns.

Chapters eight, nine, ten, eleven

Vaskov discovers that he has forgotten the pouch, Sonya Gurvich volunteers to bring it, but she is killed by two Germans. The girl is buried.

Soon Vaskov and the girls see the rest of the Germans approaching them. Having hidden, they decide to shoot first, in the expectation that the Nazis will be afraid of an invisible enemy. The calculation turns out to be correct: the Germans are retreating.

There is a disagreement between the girls: Rita and Zhenya blame Galya for being a coward. Vaskov stands up for Galya, and together they go on reconnaissance. Sonya, screaming, betrays herself, the Germans kill her.

Fedot Evgrafych leads the enemies away from Zhenya and Rita. He understands that Liza did not reach, and there will be no help.

We have almost outlined the summary of "The Dawns Here Are Quiet." An analysis of this work, of course, cannot be carried out without knowing how it ended.

Chapters twelve, thirteen, fourteen

Vaskov returns to the girls, they are preparing for the last battle, in which they manage to kill several Germans. Rita is mortally wounded. Vaskov is looking for a safe place for her. Zhenya is killed by the Germans. Rita turns to Vaskov with a request to take care of her son and shoots herself in the temple. Vaskov buries Rita and Zhenya, goes to the location of the enemy. After killing one, he orders the remaining four to tie themselves up and takes them prisoner. Seeing his own, Vaskov loses consciousness.

Fedot Evgrafych keeps his promise to Rita and brings up her son.

This is the summary of "The Dawns Here Are Quiet." Boris Vasiliev spoke chapter by chapter about the fate of many girls of that time. They dreamed about Great love, tenderness, family warmth, but a cruel war fell to their lot ... A war that did not spare a single family. The pain inflicted then on people lives in our hearts to this day.