This small book is unique in its content. Here are recorded the real memories of a soldier about the Finnish war. This soldier is my grandfather, Mikhail Antonovich Novikov. He lived for 90 years and died in the city of Michurinsk, where he was buried.Grandfather was a very persistent person, a bright personality, a brave soldier and a loving father, husband and grandfather. He had a difficult life. But he passed it courageously and honestly. He saved the lives of many wounded in wartime and sick in peacetime.Grandfather was a wonderful storyteller. The number of fictional stories about the war that he told us is truly limitless. But only these, which you will find in this book, turned out to be recorded.My mother, Lyudmila Mikhailovna Novikova, at the end of her father's life, prompted him to record at least part of his memories on an audio cassette. Thanks to her perseverance, you will be able to read these stories of a front-line soldier.We wish you a pleasant reading!