The Great Patriotic War claimed the lives of millions of innocent people. It became the basis for the plot of many stories and poems telling about the terrible cost the victory over fascism went to the Soviet Union.
Instructions
Step 1
During the war and post-war years, many poets turned to the topic of war, among them were Anna Akhmatova, Alexander Tvardovsky, Konstantin Simonov and many others. You can find information about which particular poems in their work are dedicated to the Great Patriotic War in the official biographies of the poets.
Step 2
There are a large number of collections of poetry dedicated to wartime. You can buy them in second-hand bookstores at fairly reasonable prices, since books on this topic are rarely of interest to the modern reader. On average, one such collection costs about 150 rubles.
Step 3
If you feel sorry for your own money, go to the nearest library. To receive a book with poems about the Great Patriotic War, you need to have your own subscription. The library may require an identity document (passport) from you, in addition, you will have to pay for a library card (about 30 rubles).
Step 4
The poems you are interested in can be found on the Internet, for this you need to visit one of the virtual libraries, for example, the library of Maxim Moshkov, located at Lib.ru. It is one of the most complete collections of literature on the Russian-language Internet. In addition, in it you can find poems about the war, written not only by already famous poets, but also by those whose were created by young talents who have not yet received recognition.
Step 5
In addition, there are a large number of resources on the Internet dedicated to the Great Patriotic War, where you can familiarize yourself with collections of poems about it. One of these portals is Russlav.ru, where not only poems are published, but also articles by historians and modern journalists about the Second World War, and you can also find materials related to the largest battles of that period of time.
