About “Vasily Tyorkin”
Vasily Tyorkin. A Book About a Soldier is a poem by Aleksandr Tvardovsky, a significant work in his career that became widely known. The poem follows the life and military service of Vasily Tyorkin, a fictional Soviet soldier who fought in the Second World War. Through Tyorkin's experiences, the poem reflects on the challenges and hardships faced by soldiers during the war. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- Published
- 1942