M. Mysl'. 1983. 263 p. In the literature, the problem of the development of ferrous metallurgy in 1941-1945. it's pretty well lit. To one degree or another, it is reflected in multi-volume publications on the history of the Great Patriotic War, in major works written on topics that cover this problem. There are also several special works1 . Having collected and summarized a large amount of factual material, a significant part of which is found in the archives, the authors ' team 2 described many processes that took place in the ferrous metallurgy industry during the war in a deeper and more complete way than in previous works. The authors dedicate the book "to the workers of fiery labor - metallurgists and all their comrades in the profession, as well as to all the workers of the national economy who provided unforgettable assistance in increasing the production of metal for arming the army and defeating the enemy" (p. 3). And this dedication fully corresponds to the content of the book: from beginning to end - this is first of all a lively story about people, ordinary metallurgists and managers of various ranks, starting from the master and ending with the People's Commissar. Information about many heroes of labor and production commanders is contained in special biographical references (pp. 17, 25, 26, etc.). Among the advantages of the monograph is that it reveals more thoroughly than in other works the role of the main headquarters of the industry-the People's Commissariat of Ferrous Metallurgy, which directly supervised the solution of the unheard-of complex tasks that the war put before one of the leading branches of the Soviet economy, the main base of all military production. The book examines the great work done during the war by the staff of the People's Commissariat as a whole and its leaders: People's Commissar I. F. Tevosyan, deputy People's Commissars acad. I. P. Bardin, V. S. Bychkov, P. I. Korobov, F. A. Merkulov, S. I. Reznikov, A. G. Sheremetyev, h ... Read more