Each of them lost someone in the war - father, brother, sister, friend, sympathy. These women not only mourned their loved ones, they wanted to avenge them, and their service in the Red Army gave them an opportunity to do so. When they got their hands on sniper rifles, they could begin to do so with particular finesse and deadly effectiveness.
Hours of waiting in suspense, the first enemy killed, and then the next "points on the account", the death of friends, but also fun, courtship and first loves. This was the life of Kława, Marusia, Roza and other toughened snipers who endured the hardships of war, without hesitating pressing the trigger. At the same time, very young girls who miss their mothers, homes, and normality.
What does a young girl feel when another friend dies at the front? And when it is a friend from your own camp who turns out to be the most dangerous enemy? What is it like to be the "front wife"? Is it possible to come home from the war and cook borscht again like mom and grandma?
Luba Winogradowa, searching the archives and studying eyewitness memories, proves that the war is only apparently a male matter. It does justice to heroines whose merits have never been properly appreciated.
The author follows the path of these women from the beginning of the service, through training, to fighting on the front lines. Thanks to this, it shows that the combination of many events can turn even an ordinary girl from the village or a kindergarten teacher into a deadly and ruthless warrior. Especially when he has someone to fight for or wants to avenge someone