The more time moves us away from the Great Patriotic War, the closer and more valuable what our fathers, deeds, mothers and brothers did in the name of victory becomes. Writer Mkrtich Sargsyan, an eyewitness and participant in what is depicted in this book, shows his heroes in a psychological aspect, against the broad background of events that have now become History. His novel “Condemned by Fate” and the story “Sergeant Karo” are published in Russian for the first time.