Secondhand Time: The Last Of The Soviets - Plot & Excerpts
Before the war, he was a cadet (42nd sniper unit of the 44th rifle division). In the first days of defending the fortress, he was taken prisoner after being wounded. Twice, he attempted escape from German concentration camps, and his second attempt was successful. He finished the war as he started it, in the field forces as a private. He was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War (Second Level) for defending the Brest Fortress. After the war, he traveled the entire country working for construction projects in the far north as well as on the Baikal-Amur Mainline railway. After retiring, he remained in Siberia, in Ust-Kut.Even though Ust-Kut is thousands of kilometers away from Brest, Timeryan Zinatov would visit the fortress every year, bringing cakes to the museum staff. Everyone knew him. Why did he visit so often? Like his friends from his regiment who would meet him here, he only felt truly safe at the fortress. Here, nobody ever doubted that these veterans were our nation’s true—and not imaginary—heroes.
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