“The Russian Ministry of Defense on the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War publishes the story of the most famous literary hero-front-line soldier Vasily Terkin,” RIA Novosti quotes a message from the defense department.

The site presents the story of the appearance of the hero, newspaper clippings, on the pages of which he appeared.

There is also information about cartoons, films and theatrical productions related to Vasily Terkin. 

Earlier, the Ministry of Defense published documents on the 1945 Victory Parade in Moscow.