Translated from the Russian by D. Myshke

Designed by E. Ganushkina

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PART ONE. PLACE IN LIFE

1. The Choice 1
2. With Thoughts for My Country 13
3. Russian Diploma 21
4. Life’s First Lessons 27
5. In the Professorial Chair 33
6. Dissertation for My Doctorate Textbooks on Bridges 38
7. In Kiev 49

PART TWO. THE WIDE AND OPEN

1. Stormy Days 61
2. Destruction of Chain-Bridge 67
3. Matters of Great Urgency 71
4. What Kind of New Bridge for Kiev 76
5. Work of the People 95
6. Second Youth 103

PART THREE. NEW PROFESSION

1. Sharp Turn 113
2. I Become a Welder 120
3. New Scopes 135
4. First Steps 141
5. Institute Competes with Stakhanovites 152
6. On the Right Track 161
7. Baptism of Fire 170
8. The Party Supports and Teaches 174
9. Test of Life 181
10. Moscow Diary 190

PART FOUR. CRUCIAL TEST

1. Business Trip to the Urals 211
2. Where Do We Belong 218
3. Not Side by Side But Together 222
4. Here Too Is the Front 231
5. We Learn to Weld Armour 239
6. The Institute Works in Shops 242
7. New Positions 250
8. Story of the Birth of a Certain Flux 255
9. After the Tests on the Proving-Ground 262
10. Sense of Responsibility 269
11. Way to Simplicity 281
12. With Open Eyes 285
13. At Fifty-Two Plants 288
14. High Award 295
15. I Fly to Moscow 296
16. Kiev Liberated 308
17. I Join the Party 312
18. Tomorrow—the Ukraine 320
19. Our Contribution to Victory 324
20. Back to Peaceful Labour 329