Sotnikov brief biography. Sotnikov detailed retelling by chapters

Sotnikov
V. V. Bykov

Sotnikov

On a winter night, hiding from the Germans, Rybak and Sotnikov circled through the fields and copses, having received the task of obtaining food for the partisans. The fisherman walked easily and quickly, Sotnikov lagged behind, he should not have gone on a mission at all - he fell ill: he had a cough, was dizzy, and was tormented by weakness. He could hardly keep up with the Fisherman. The farm they were heading to turned out to be burned down. We reached the village and chose the headman's hut. “Hello,” Rybak greeted, trying to be polite. “Can you guess who we are?” “Hello,” the elderly man sitting at the table over the Bible responded without a hint of servility or fear. “Do you serve the Germans? - continued Rybak. “Aren’t you ashamed to be an enemy?” “I’m not an enemy to my people,” the old man responded just as calmly. “Are there any cattle? Let's go to the barn." They took the sheep from the elder and moved on without stopping.

They were walking across a field towards the road and suddenly heard a noise ahead. Someone was driving along the road. “Let’s run,” Rybak commanded. Two carts with people were already visible. There was still hope that these were peasants, then everything would have worked out. “Well, stop! - came an angry shout. “Stop, we’ll shoot!” And Rybak increased his running. Sotnikov fell behind. He fell on the slope and became dizzy. Sotnikov was afraid that he would not be able to get up. He fumbled for a rifle in the snow and fired at random. Having been in a dozen hopeless situations, Sotnikov was not afraid of death in battle. I was only afraid of becoming a burden. He was able to take a few more steps and felt his thigh burn and blood flow down his leg. Shot. Sotnikov lay down again and began to fire at his pursuers, already visible in the darkness. After a few shots, everything became quiet. Sotnikov was able to make out figures returning to the road. “Sotnikov! - he suddenly heard a whisper. - Sotnikov! It was the Fisherman, who had already gone far away, but returned for him. Together, in the morning, they reached the next village. At the house they entered, the partisans were met by a nine-year-old girl. “What’s your mother’s name?” - asked the Fisherman. “Demichikha,” answered the girl. - She's at work. And the four of us are sitting here. I'm the oldest." And the girl hospitably placed a bowl of boiled potatoes on the table. “I want to leave you here,” Rybak said to Sotnikov. - Lay down." “Mommy is coming!” - the children shouted. The woman who came in was not surprised or afraid, only something trembled in her face when she saw the empty bowl on the table. “What else do you need? - she asked. - Of bread? Sala? Eggs? - “We are not Germans.” - “Who are you? Red army men? So they are fighting at the front, and you are roaming around in the corners,” the woman reprimanded angrily, but immediately took care of Sotnikov’s wound. The fisherman looked out the window and recoiled: “Germans!” “Quickly to the attic,” ordered Demichikha. The police were looking for vodka. “I have nothing,” Demichikha scolded angrily. “To kill you.”

And then a cough rumbled from above, from the attic. “Who do you have there?” The police were already climbing up. "Hands up! Gotcha, darlings."

The tied up Sotnikov, Rybak and Demichikha were taken to a nearby town to the police. Sotnikov had no doubt that they were missing. He was tormented by the thought that they were the cause of death for this woman and her children... Sotnikov was taken first for interrogation. "Do you think I'll tell you the truth?" - Sotnikov asked investigator Portnov. “Tell me,” the policeman said quietly. - You can tell everything. We'll make mincemeat out of you. We will stretch all the veins and break the bones. And then we’ll announce that you gave everyone away... You woke me up!” - the investigator ordered, and a buffalo-like fellow appeared in the room, his huge hands tore Sotnikov from the chair...

The fisherman was still languishing in the basement, in which he unexpectedly met the headman. “Why were you imprisoned?” - “For not reporting you. There will be no mercy for me,” the old man answered somehow very calmly. “What humility! - thought Rybak. “No, I’ll still fight for my life.” And when he was brought in for interrogation, Rybak tried to be flexible, not to irritate the investigator in vain - he answered in detail and, as it seemed to him, very cunningly. “You seem to be a guy with a head-

Howl,” the investigator approved. - We will check your testimony. We might save your life. You will also serve great Germany in the police. Think about it." Returning to the basement and seeing Sotnikov’s broken fingers - with torn out nails, caked in blood clots - Rybak felt a secret joy that he had avoided this. No, he will dodge to the last. There were already five of them in the basement. They brought the Jewish girl Basya, from whom they demanded the names of those who hid her, and Demichikha.

The basement door opened: “Come out: liquidation!” There were already policemen standing in the yard with their guns at the ready. German officers and police authorities came out onto the porch. “I want to make a message,” Sotnikov shouted. - I'm a partisan. It was I who wounded your policeman. “He,” he nodded at Rybak, “ended up here by accident.” But the elder just waved his hand: “Lead.” “Mr. Investigator,” Rybak rushed. - You offered it to me yesterday. I agree". “Come closer,” they suggested from the porch. “Do you agree to serve in the police?” “I agree,” the Rybak answered with all the sincerity of which he was capable. “Bastard,” Sotnikov’s shout hit him on the back of the head like a blow. Sotnikov was now painfully ashamed of his naive hopes of saving people in trouble at the cost of his life. The policemen led them to the place of execution, where the inhabitants of the town had already been herded and where five hemp loops were already hanging from above. The condemned were brought to the bench. The fisherman had to help Sotnikov climb onto it. “Bastard,” Sotnikov thought about him again and immediately reproached himself: where did you get the right to judge... Rybak knocked the support out from under Sotnikov’s feet.

When it was all over and the people were leaving and the police began to line up, Rybak stood aside, waiting to see what would happen to him. “Come on! - the elder shouted at him. - Get into formation. Step by step!” And this was ordinary and familiar to Rybak; he thoughtlessly stepped into step with the others. What's next? The fisherman looked down the street: he had to run. Now, let’s say, throw yourself into a passing sleigh and hit a horse! But, meeting the eyes of the man sitting in the sleigh, and feeling how much hatred there was in those eyes, Rybak realized: this would not work. But who will he go out with then? And then the thought struck him like a blow to the head: there was nowhere to escape. After liquidation there is nowhere to go. There was no way to escape from this formation.

Smolyakov's detachment was in the swamp. The partisans ran out of provisions and they sent Rybak and Sotnikov to a neighboring farm to get food. Sotnikov turned out to be ill and was tormented by a severe cough. The farm was a bedroom. They decided to go to the village of Guzaki, where they found the house of the headman, from whom they acquired a sheep. Sotnikov felt bad, he could barely walk. On the way they were spotted by police.

The fisherman managed to escape, and Sotnikov was wounded in the thigh. He fired back and wounded one of the policemen. The fisherman could not leave without his partner and returned after him, leaving the sheep behind. Fleeing from pursuit, they reached the village of Liski. There they ended up in the house of Demchikha, who herself was raising three children. Suddenly the police came. The partisans quickly hid in the attic, but Sotnikov coughed, thereby giving them away. The police arrested the partisans and the woman and took them to a neighboring town. It turned out that headman Guzakov was also there. He was arrested because of a sheep that was found in the area of the shooting. Sotnikov was tortured, but he remained silent. I was just trying to save Demchikha.

The fisherman also wanted to save her, but he wanted to save himself more. Therefore, he told everything to investigator Portnoy, who offered to go into the service of the Germans. The Jewish girl Busya, who was found with the Headman, was still sitting in the cell. In the morning everyone was led to execution. The fisherman went as a policeman. When the nooses were put on the prisoners’ necks, Rybak was given the order to knock out the logs from under the feet of the convicts, which he did. Realizing that after what he had done, Rybak had nowhere to run, he wanted to hang himself, but he did not have the opportunity to do so.

Chapter 1

Smolyakov’s group, which remained in the swamp, ran out of provisions. Rybak was chosen to go to the farm to buy food, and Sotnikov was his partner. The road went through a snowy forest. Sotnikov was ill - he was torn by a cough. They walked slowly due to Sotnikov's illness. Having reached their destination, they saw the remains of a burnt out farm. They did not want to return to the group without food and decided to go to the village of Guzaki.

Chapter 2

It was necessary to walk across the field, it was very cold here and Sotnikov was getting worse. In some places there was a swamp under the snow. As they came out onto the road they heard a shot. This meant that there were Germans in the village and there was no point in going there, so we had to go again. Sotnikov was afraid to fall. He recalled his first battle in the artillery. How they were defeated by German tanks, how he hit four enemy tanks, lost his comrades and fled half-dead into the unknown.

Chapter 3

Having reached the village, they listened and went to the outer yard. A woman lived there. She directed them to the headman of the village of Liski. Sotnikov felt bad. The fisherman scolded his grandfather, the headman, for his service to the Germans. The elder fed the fisherman, but Sotnikov did not eat. In the process of cursing, Rybak ordered his grandfather to go out into the yard with him.

Chapter 4

The elder wanted to follow. She was afraid that Fisherman would shoot her grandfather for his service. She tried to explain to the uninvited guest that her grandfather was asked by her fellow villagers to become a headman. Sotnikov did not let her in, but he himself recalled how one of the same seemingly kind women handed him over to the Germans. Miraculously, he was able to escape then. The elder saw that he was sick. I wanted to brew Sotnikov some medicinal herbs, but he refused. The fisherman called Sotnikov. He went out and saw the carcass of a sheep at the feet of the Fisherman. Now they could safely go to their group. The partisans left without shooting the headman.

Chapter 5

They were returning. Sotnikov walked behind. The fisherman had already begun to worry that they had passed the road they needed to turn onto, when they heard and saw a sleigh driving along the road. They had to quickly run across the field to escape. The fisherman managed to run, but Sotnikov was unable to quickly escape. A shootout began and Sotnikov was wounded. The fisherman understood that Sotnikov was distracting the Germans from him and it would be right to run with the provisions he had obtained to the group, but he could not leave his comrade in arms and retraced his steps.

Chapter 6

When they saw the policemen, Sotnikov wanted to hide, but was weak. They started shooting and hit him in the shin. Sotnikov fell and fired back. At first all three Germans shot at him, but then two left for help. Sotnikov hoped to shoot himself. He even took off his burka from his good leg. He had already said goodbye to life when he saw the Fisherman crawling towards him.

Chapter 7

Slowly they crawled away to the bushes. Then they got up and walked wherever they looked, just to hide from the police. The strength left both of them and at one moment they both collapsed into the snow and lay silently. After 15 minutes, the Fisherman stood up trying to figure out where to go, but the area was unfamiliar. He helped Sotnikov up. Soon it became dawn, and they all walked across the open field, seeing the road ahead.

Chapter 8

They walked along the road near the field. Finally we saw a small piece of land with trees. As they got closer, they saw that it was a rural cemetery, but there was nowhere to go. Sotnikov stayed to rest, and Rybak went to the village. Soon he returned for his partner, and they went to the last house. They entered quietly, thinking that the house was empty. But there was a girl about nine years old. She fed them. She said that four of them live: mother Demchikha and three children. Demchikha was now threshing - earning her bread. Sotnikov, after eating a little, began to fall asleep, remembering how he was captured by the Germans and escaped minutes before the execution.

Chapter 9

Upon returning, Demchikha was not happy with the guests. But when she saw Sotnikov’s condition, she helped treat the wound. Suddenly they saw three Germans through the window. There was nowhere to run and they hid in the attic. The policemen, trying to get hold of something, entered the house and heard Sotnikov coughing. In an attempt to get into the attic, the police decided to release the clip into the hay. Sotnikov hid, afraid to set Demchikha up. The fisherman was afraid of death and gave up.

Chapter 10

They were tied up, loaded onto a sleigh and taken away. The police said that they shot a German at night. Partisans in one sleigh, Demchikha in the second. On the way, Demchikha argued with the police, for which they put a mitten in her mouth as a gag. Sotnikov had a little argument with one of the policemen in an attempt to shield the poor woman, before whom he felt guilty. The fisherman blamed his wounded comrade for everything and tried to find a moment to escape, but they were driving near fields where there was no point in running.

Chapter 11

They arrived at the appointed place. We got off the sleigh. They were led to the cellar, but Sotnikov decided to pull the gag out of Demchikha’s mouth. For this, a policeman, Stas, hit him. The order was given to take him to Budila, where Stas took him. First, investigator Portnov talked to him, he saw the condition of the prisoner, he called Stas and began to scold him for his bad attitude towards the prisoner. Portnov tried to get the prisoner to talk about his comrades and those who helped them. Sotnikov tried to shield Demchikha by not telling anything. When Portnov realized that the prisoner would not speak, he called Budila, who appeared immediately.

Chapter 12

The fisherman was locked in a small room in the basement. Demchikha was placed in another room. The fisherman found himself in a room with the Headman. When the Germans found the carcass of a sheep, they condemned him. The fisherman was afraid of death. Soon Stas took him for interrogation. He told a lot. I tried to shield Demchikha, but in vain. The investigator offered him his life for information and service to the Germans. Portnov called Stas and Rybak was taken to the basement to consider the choice facing him.

Chapter 13

Sotnikov was tortured by beating and tearing out his nails, but he remained silent, being in a semi-oblivious state. When Budila realized that he would not learn anything through torture, they took Sotnikov to the basement in the Warden’s cell. Sotnikov was unconscious. Soon the Fisherman was brought in, and the Headman was taken to Budila. When Sotnikov came to his senses, Rybak invited him to agree on the testimony, but Sotnikov was not going to say anything and harshly condemned Rybak.

Chapter 14

The Headman was brought into the cell. He wasn't badly beaten. After some time, they brought in a Jewish girl, Basya, who was sheltered by the Headman. Later, Demchikha was brought to their cell after interrogation. It turned out that everyone was silent except Rybak. Stas said that they had until morning to live.

Chapter 15

Night has come. Basya told how she managed to survive and get to the Headman, who hid her under the floor. Everyone was waiting for death, and only Fisherman hoped to survive.

Chapter 16

Sotnikov was waiting for death. The only thing that worried him now was that innocent people would die with him. He really wanted to save them. He fell asleep and had a dream about the past.

Chapter 17

Morning has come. They came for the prisoners to take them to execution. Sotnikov and Rybak asked to see the investigator. Sotnikov tried to take all the blame on himself. The fisherman agreed to be a policeman and was released with orders to lead the prisoners to execution.

Chapter 18

They were executed on the gallows. Demchikha sobbed and screamed. The fisherman was ordered to knock out logs under the feet of the prisoners. He apologized to his comrade at the time of his death.

Chapter 19

The prisoners were dead. The fisherman didn't know what to do. He realized that now he had nowhere to run. Turning into an empty room, he wanted to hang himself, but realized that his belt had been taken away yesterday. He was summoned to the investigator.

Picture or drawing of Sotnikov

Vasil Vladimirovich Bykov
"Sotnikov"

Chapter first

They walked through the forest along a remote, snow-covered road, on which there was no longer a trace of horse hooves, runners or human feet. We probably traveled here a little in the summer, but now, after the long February snowstorms, everything was covered with snow, and if it weren’t for the forest - we ate mixed with alder, which unevenly parted in both directions, forming a corridor dimly white in the night - it would have been it is difficult to understand that this is a road. And yet they were not mistaken. Peering through the bare bushes shrouded in twilight, Rybak increasingly recognized the places he had remembered since the fall. Then he and four others from Smolyakov’s group one evening also made their way to the farm along this road and also with the intention of getting hold of some food products. There was just a familiar ravine, on the edge of which the three of them sat and smoked, waiting for the two who had gone ahead to give the signal for everyone to go. Now, however, it was impossible to get into the ravine: a blizzard-swept cornice hung from its edge, and the bare trees on the slope were buried up to their very tops in snow.

Nearby, above the tops of the fir trees, the erased half of the moon glided lightly in the sky, which almost did not shine - it only glimmered faintly in the cold twinkling of the stars. But with him it was not so lonely at night - it seemed as if someone alive and kind was unobtrusively accompanying them on this journey. At a distance in the forest it was gloomy with a dark mixture of spruce trees, undergrowth, some vague shadows, a disorderly tangle of frozen branches; Up close, on the pure whiteness of the snow, the road was visible without difficulty. The fact that it lay here on untouched virgin soil, although it made walking difficult, protected against surprises, and Rybak thought that it was unlikely that anyone would lie in wait for them in this wilderness. But they still had to be on their guard, especially after Glinyan, near which they almost ran into the Germans two hours ago. Fortunately, on the outskirts of the village they met a guy with firewood, he warned about the danger, and they turned into the forest, where they got lost in the thickets for a long time until they got out onto this road.

However, a random skirmish in the forest or field did not really frighten Rybak: they had weapons. True, they didn’t have enough ammunition, but nothing can be done about it: those who remained in the Burnt Swamp gave them what they could from their also more than meager reserves. Now, in addition to the five in his carbine, Rybak had three more clips jingling in the pockets of his sheepskin coat, and Sotnikov had the same number. It’s a pity we didn’t bring a grenade, but maybe the grenades won’t be needed yet, and by morning both of them will be in the camp. At least there should be. True, Rybak felt that after the failure in Glinany they were a little late, they had to hurry, but their partner let them down.

The whole time they were walking through the forest, Rybak heard his muffled, cold-like cough behind him, sometimes coming closer, sometimes farther away. But then he completely fell silent, and Rybak, slowing down his pace, looked back - considerably behind, Sotnikov was barely dragging himself in the darkness of the night. Suppressing impatience, Rybak watched for a minute as he wearily paddled through the snow in his clumsy, worn-out burkas, his head somehow unfamiliarly lowered with his Red Army cap pulled down deeply over his ears. From afar, in the frosty silence of the night, his rapid, labored breathing could be heard, which Sotnikov, even stopping, still could not cope with.

So how? Tolerable?

A! - he vaguely squeezed out and adjusted the rifle on his shoulder. - Is it still far away?

Before answering, Rybak paused, peering inquisitively at the skinny figure of his partner, tightly belted in a short overcoat. He already knew that he would not confess, although he was ill, he would cheer up: they say, it will work out - to avoid other people's participation, or what? What else, this Sotnikov’s pride and stubbornness would be enough for three. He got on the mission partly because of his pride - he was sick, and did not want to tell the commander about it when he was picking up a partner for Rybak at the fire. At first, two were called - the Widower and Glushchenko, but the Widower had just disassembled and began to clean his machine gun, and Glushchenko referred to wet feet: he went for water and fell knee-deep into a quagmire. Then the commander called Sotnikov, and he stood up silently. When they were already on their way and Sotnikov began to have a cough, Rybak asked why he remained silent, while the other two refused, to which Sotnikov replied: “That’s why he didn’t refuse, because the others refused.” This was not entirely clear to the fisherman, but after a while he thought that in general there was nothing to worry about: a person is on his feet, is it worth paying attention to some kind of cough, people don’t die from colds in war. He will reach his home, warm up, eat hot potatoes, and all the illness will go away.

It’s okay, it’s close now,” Rybak said encouragingly and turned to continue his journey.

But he didn’t even have time to take a step when Sotnikov choked again from behind and broke into a long internal cough. Trying to restrain himself, he bent over and covered his mouth with his sleeve, but this only made the coughing worse.

And you are snow! Take the snow, he's interrupting! - suggested Rybak.

Struggling with a fit of coughing that tore through his chest, Sotnikov scooped up a handful of snow, sucked it, and the cough actually gradually subsided.

Crap! It will get attached, even if it breaks!

The fisherman frowned with concern for the first time, but remained silent, and they moved on.

A straight chain of tracks ran out of the ravine onto the road, and looking closely at it, the Fisherman realized that a wolf had recently passed here (also, probably, drawn to human habitation - not sweet in such a frost in the forest). They both took a few steps to the side and never left this trail, which in the foggy gray of the night not only marked the road, but also indicated where there was less snow: the wolf determined this unmistakably. However, their journey was coming to an end, a farm was about to appear, and this set Rybak in a new, more joyful mood.

Moreover, there was no time for conversation: the forest ended, the road went out into a field. Further on one side of the path stretched small bushes, thickets of willow trees in a swamp, from which the road turned sharply onto a hillock. The fisherman was waiting for the holey roof of the punka to appear from behind the alder trees, and there, behind the fence, there would be a house with sheds and a raised crane over the well. If the crane sticks out with its end up, it means everything is in order and you can go in; if you are hooked in a well frame, then turn back - there are strangers in the house. At least that’s how it was once agreed upon with Uncle Roman. True, that was a long time ago; they had not looked here since the fall - they circled in other places, on the other side of the highway, until hunger and the gendarmes again drove them back to where they had driven them out of a month ago.

With a quick step, the Fisherman reached the bend of the road and turned onto a hillock. The wolf's footprints in the snow also turned towards the farm. Apparently sensing the proximity of the dwelling, the wolf carefully and narrowly walked along the side of the road, pressing closely against the bushes. However, the Fisherman had already stopped watching the road - all his attention was now directed forward, to where the bushes ended.

“Sotnikov,” a brief summary of which will be outlined below, is a war drama, a drama about the difficult conditions of the Second World War and betrayal, about perseverance and false friendship.

Vasil Bykov “Sotnikov”: a summary of the work.

The two main characters around whom the plot of the story is built are Rybak and, accordingly, Sotnikov himself. One winter night they were entrusted with a task: to get some food for a partisan detachment that was in the forest. The road ahead was difficult - there were only Germans around. The occupied territories were constantly guarded, and local residents were reluctant to come into contact with the partisans. Sotnikov, a brief summary of the story of the same name will allow you to convey the main plot, was seriously ill and could barely keep up with his comrade, but since there was no one else to send on the mission, he went. Having reached the nearest village, the guests looked into the headman’s house. The fisherman, without fear or risk, immediately attacked the elderly man sharply, reproaching him for serving the Germans. Then they took the sheep and moved on with the spoils. But as soon as they reached the road, they heard the sound of approaching wheels. The fisherman quickly ran, and Sotnikov told him to leave him. He left, but soon returned for his sick comrade and dragged him to the nearest village. There they ended up in the house of Demchikha, who, not angrily or cheerfully, received them, cured Sotnikov, fed them and hid them from the Germans. Later, the police searched for vodka in the poor woman's house, but their search was not successful. And then suddenly they heard a cough from the attic. Not believing the mistress of the house, they climbed upstairs. There they found Sotnikov and Rybak. Having tied them up, as well as Demchikha, they were taken to the local police. The original work and the summary (Sotnikov is the main character of the story) should convey the main idea of the work - the preservation of moral principles in the difficult conditions of war.

Already during the first interrogation, the full essence of the heroes was revealed: Sotnikov immediately made it clear to the investigator that the Germans would not expect any information from him, that he would remain silent, like a real partisan, while Rybak behaved quite the opposite: he was docile and submissive, which is why he received an offer to become a local policeman. The next day, in front of everyone, he publicly agreed to serve Germany. When Sotnikov was taken to be executed, it was Rybak who helped him climb onto the bench. Sotnikov symbolically throws at him several times: “You bastard!” But the same Fisherman also knocks the support out from under the hero’s feet...

Sotnikov, the summary of the story of the same name personifies all the horrors and nightmares of the war, was hanged in the square. After this, the fisherman understands that there is no way back, that it is no longer possible to escape after liquidation, and there is no way to return home to your squad!

The story “Sotnikov,” the summary of which should inspire everyone to read the original, is written simply and clearly. The work shows how, in conditions of war, people can dodge and bend for the sake of their lives, and how others can give this life for their Motherland.

Vasily Vladimirovich Bykov is a talented Soviet writer, whose works do not leave the reader indifferent even today. And all because most of his novels and stories describe the times of the Great Patriotic War. In this article we will look at one of the writer’s most famous works and pay special attention to its summary. “Sotnikov” is a story with an interesting fate and an exciting plot, which will become the center of our article.

About the book

The story “Sotnikov”, a brief summary of which will occupy all our attention in the future, was written in Belarusian in 1969. Initially, the work had the title “Liquidation”. The first publication of the story took place in 1970 in the 5th issue of the New World magazine.

History of creation

In order to more fully understand the summary (“Sotnikov” is a complex work), it is necessary to turn to the history of the creation of the story. It was based on Bykov’s meeting with his former fellow soldier, who was considered dead.

Bykov was shocked by the story of this man. “Sotnikov” (we’ll look at the summary in more detail below) is a difficult work, if only because, in essence, it is based on a story about betrayal.

Thus, the writer’s fellow soldier did not die during the war, but ended up in a concentration camp. There he became one of the Vlasovites, intending to wait for the right opportunity to escape. But time passed, and the right moment never came. As a result, he was captured by Soviet troops and met with Bykov in 1944 in the role of a captured fascist. This is the unusual story of the story “Sotnikov”. The summary will be further proof of how much this event shocked the author himself. Bykov understood the terrible tragedy of a man who was unable to influence his fate in any way and change the situation.

The partisan detachment is at the center of the description. Two of its participants, Sotnikov and Rybak, go for provisions. It was a winter night, around fields and copses, the Germans could be anywhere, so caution had to be exercised. The sick Sotnikov, who was constantly overtaken by a cough, could barely keep up with Rybak’s light springy step. This is the first inequality of heroes that the summary indicates. Sotnikov should not have gone for provisions in such a state at all.

The heroes head to the nearest farm, which turns out to be burned by the Germans. I had to go further to the village. Here we went straight to the headman’s hut. The fisherman accused him of conspiring with the Germans, to which the old man calmly replied that he was not their enemy. However, Sotnikov did not enter into the conversation. The summary very accurately describes the life of people in wartime. So, the headman, despite collaborating with the enemy, gives his sheep to the partisans.

Shootout

The heroes continued on their way. They were just crossing the field when a noise was heard from afar and carts with people became visible. Rybakov rushed to run, urging his comrade on, but Sotnikov was unable to catch up with him. The summary describes the hero's physical weakness caused by illness. Due to sudden dizziness, he falls. From a distance a cry is heard demanding to stop. Fearing that he cannot rise, Sotnikov shoots at random. He is not afraid of death, but does not want to be a burden to his comrade.

With difficulty, the hero gets up, takes a few steps and realizes that he was shot. Bykov describes the shootout dryly and knowledgeably, which is confirmed by the summary of Sotnikov. The partisans do not surrender even to the wounded, continuing to fire back. And then the Fisherman returns for his comrade. Together they manage to evade pursuit. By morning they go to the next village.

Captivity

The summary of “Sotnikov” is gradually becoming more intense. The partisans enter the first house, where a girl meets them and says that her mother, Demichikha, is at work. It turns out that the child is not alone in the hut, but the children share a single bowl of potatoes. Demichikha returns, she is angry with the uninvited guests. However, noticing the wound, the woman immediately begins to treat it. Sotnikov gratefully accepts her help.

Interrogation

Further, the summary of “Sotnikov” tells about the interrogation of prisoners by police. Sotnikov is first in line. The hero refuses to voluntarily hand over the partisans. Then the investigator calls a huge fellow, who will have to shake the whole truth out of the intractable prisoner.

The summary of “Sotnikov” is not embellished; Bykov reliably depicts the realities of the war. While one of the partisans is being interrogated, the action moves to the cell. Here Rybak meets with the headman. The surprised hero asks why he ended up here. In response he hears: “Because I didn’t report you.” It is the turn of the interrogation of the Rybak himself. Unlike Sotnikov, he does not anger the investigator; he tries to answer questions, albeit while dodging. As a result, he receives praise from the policeman and a promise to save his life and the opportunity to serve in the police.

Returning to the cell, Rybak sees Sotnikov, disfigured by torture, and is glad that he himself got out so cleverly. The summary of “Sotnikov” very well conveys the dark sides of human nature and the desire to survive even at the cost of betrayal.

Liquidation

Bykov brings the actions of his heroes to the reader's judgment. Sotnikov (the summary reveals the perseverance of this man) and Rybak, who did not abandon his friend at the beginning, but sharply changed his attitude to life at the end of the book, both show the truth of their nature precisely in the final scene of the story.

So, it's morning. The prisoners began to hear talk about shovels. The fisherman, beginning to suspect evil, is worried. The door swings open, a policeman enters and announces the upcoming liquidation of prisoners. At this moment, it becomes clear what Vasil Bykov wanted to show the reader. Sotnikov (the summary cannot convey all the emotions of the main character) rises and shouts out a confession that it was he who shot that German, but Rybak was not involved in the shooting. But no one pays attention to this statement.

Realizing the proximity of death, Rybak rushes to the investigator and says that he agrees to become a policeman. The German accepts a new subordinate. The prisoners are led to the gallows. Shame and resentment for the behavior of a comrade - that’s what Sotnikov feels. The fisherman turns out to be the one who knocks the support out from under his former friend’s feet. The summary of “Sotnikov” ends completely unhappily.

After the execution, the traitor walks in formation with other policemen and contemplates escape. Then a sleigh catches his eye. If you jump into them unnoticed, then maybe you will be able to escape. But, faced with hatred in the eyes of the driver, he understands: there is nowhere to run.

This is how the story “Sotnikov” ends. A summary of the chapters perfectly illustrated a person’s path from loyalty to betrayal.

Bykov wrote the story “Sotnikov” in 1969. In the story, Bykov raises the existential problems of heroism and betrayal, the influence of circumstances on a person. On our website you can read online a summary of Sotnikov chapter by chapter. The author reveals the struggle between good and evil in the souls of the heroes, explores the psychological state of people during the war.

Bykov does not give final assessments of the characters, leaving this right to the reader. A brief retelling will help you prepare for a literature lesson and fill out a reading diary. The original title of the work is “Liquidation”.

Main characters of the story

Main characters:

Sotnikov, a former commander of an artillery battalion, graduated from a teacher’s institute before the war; Red Army soldier, partisan; was hanged by the police.
Rybak is a former infantry sergeant major; Red Army soldier, partisan; to avoid death, he agreed to become a policeman.

Other characters:

Pyotr Kachan, the headman of the village of Lyasiny, involuntarily began to serve the Germans.
Avginya Demchikha is the mother of four children; hid Sotinkov and Rybak, which is why she ended up with the police and was hanged.
Portkov is a police investigator who interrogated the prisoners.

Bykov "Sotnikov" very brief summary

Vasil Bykov’s “Sotnikov” summary for a reader’s diary will tell you how the horrors of war destroy not only lives, but also the souls of people and their morality:

Sotnikov and Rybak are sent to a farm to get provisions for a detachment hidden in the forest. The village head gave them a sheep. On the way, they come across the Germans, Sotnikov, who is already sick, is wounded in the leg, but they manage to escape. They find a nearby house and go in and are fed by a girl.

There are two other children in the house with her. Soon their mother, Demchikha, arrives; she is not happy about the partisans, but treats Sotnikov’s wounds. The Germans come and take away not only the men, but also the woman. Sotnikov is trying in every possible way to shield Demchikha, Rybak blames his comrade for everything.

They are interrogated and tortured, Rybak tells everything, Sotnikov and Demchikha hold out. The fisherman is offered to become a policeman, he agrees in order to save himself.

In the morning the execution is scheduled. The fisherman is ordered to lead his comrades to the scaffold; Sotnikov, Demchikha and Starosta are hanged. The fisherman understands that there is no turning back, he wants to hang himself, but he does not have a belt, now he will not return to his people.

Conclusion:

Life is dear to every person, but betraying comrades and destroying the innocent for the sake of one’s own skin is ignoble; a person is unlikely to live the rest of his life without remorse.

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A short retelling of "Sotnikov" with quotes

The farm they were heading to turned out to be burned down. We reached the village and chose the headman's hut.

“Hello,” Rybak said, trying to be polite. - Can you guess who we are?

“Hello,” the elderly man sitting at the table over the Bible responded without a hint of obsequiousness or fear.

- Do you serve the Germans? - continued Rybak. - Aren't you ashamed to be an enemy?

“I’m not an enemy to my people,” the old man responded just as calmly.

- Do you have any cattle? Let's go to the barn.

They took the sheep from the elder and moved on without stopping.

And Rybak increased his running. Sotnikov fell behind. He fell on the slope and became dizzy. Sotnikov was afraid that he would not be able to get up. He fumbled for a rifle in the snow and fired at random. Having been in a dozen hopeless situations, Sotnikov was not afraid of death in battle. I was only afraid of becoming a burden.

He was able to take a few more steps and felt his thigh burn and blood flow down his leg. Shot. Sotnikov lay down again and began to fire at his pursuers, already visible in the darkness. After a few shots, everything became quiet. Sotnikov was able to make out figures returning to the road.

“Sotnikov! - he suddenly heard a whisper. - Sotnikov! It was the Fisherman, who had already gone far away, but returned for him. The two of them reached the next village in the morning. At the house they entered, the partisans were met by a nine-year-old girl.

- What's your mother's name? - asked the Fisherman.

“Demichikha,” answered the girl. - She's at work. And the four of us are sitting here. I'm the oldest.

And the girl hospitably placed a bowl of boiled potatoes on the table.

“I want to leave you here,” Rybak said to Sotnikov. - Lay down.

- Mommy is coming! - the children shouted.

The woman who came in was not surprised or afraid, only something trembled in her face when she saw the empty bowl on the table.

- What else do you need? - she asked. - Of bread? Sala? Eggs?

- We are not Germans.

-Who are you? Red army men? “So they are fighting at the front, and you are roaming around in the corners,” the woman reprimanded angrily, but immediately took care of Sotnikov’s wound.

The fisherman looked out the window and recoiled: “Germans!” “Quickly to the attic,” ordered Demichikha. The police were looking for vodka. “I have nothing,” Demichikha scolded angrily. “To kill you.” And then a cough rumbled from above, from the attic. “Who do you have there?” The police were already climbing up. "Hands up! Gotcha, darlings."

- Do you think I will tell you the truth? - Sotnikov asked investigator Portnov.

“Tell me,” the policeman said quietly. - You can tell me everything. We'll make mincemeat out of you. We will stretch all the veins and break the bones. And then we’ll announce that you gave everyone away... You woke me up! - the investigator ordered, and a buffalo-like fellow appeared in the room, his huge hands tore Sotnikov from the chair...

The fisherman was still languishing in the basement, in which he unexpectedly met the headman.

- Why were you imprisoned?

- For not reporting you. There will be no mercy for me,” the old man answered somehow very calmly.

- What humility! - thought Rybak. - No, I’ll still fight for my life.

And when he was brought in for interrogation, Rybak tried to be flexible, not to irritate the investigator in vain - he answered in detail and, as it seemed to him, very cunningly. “You seem like a smart guy,” the investigator approved. - We will check your testimony. We might save your life. You will also serve great Germany in the police. Think about it."

Returning to the basement and seeing Sotnikov’s broken fingers - with torn out nails, caked in blood clots - Rybak felt a secret joy that he had avoided this. No, he will dodge to the last. There were already five of them in the basement. They brought the Jewish girl Basya, from whom they demanded the names of those who hid her, and Demichikha.

The basement door opened: “Come out: liquidation!” There were already policemen standing in the yard with their guns at the ready. German officers and police authorities came out onto the porch.

“I want to make a message,” Sotnikov shouted. - I'm a partisan. It was I who wounded your policeman. “He,” he nodded at Rybak, “ended up here by accident.”

But the elder just waved his hand: “Lead.”

“Mr. Investigator,” Rybak rushed. - You offered it to me yesterday. I agree.

“Come closer,” they suggested from the porch. - Do you agree to serve in the police?

“I agree,” Rybak answered with all the sincerity of which he was capable.

“You bastard,” Sotnikov’s shout hit him on the back of the head like a blow.

Sotnikov was now painfully ashamed of his naive hopes of saving people in trouble at the cost of his life. The policemen led them to the place of execution, where the inhabitants of the town had already been herded and where five hemp loops were already hanging from above. The condemned were brought to the bench. The fisherman had to help Sotnikov climb it. “Bastard,” Sotnikov thought about him again and immediately reproached himself: where did you get the right to judge... Rybak knocked the support out from under Sotnikov’s feet.

But, meeting the eyes of the man sitting in the sleigh, and feeling how much hatred there was in those eyes, Rybak realized: this would not work. But who will he go out with then? And then the thought struck him like a blow to the head: there was nowhere to escape. After liquidation there is nowhere to go. There was no way to escape from this formation.

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The plot of the story "Sotnikov" Bykov

“Sotnikov” Bykov summary of the work:

Rybak and Sotnikov walked through the forest, “along a remote, snow-covered road.” Sotnikov could hardly drag himself: he had a bad cold and was coughing. The fisherman asked why he agreed to go on the mission. Sotnikov replied: “That’s why I didn’t refuse, because others refused.”

After a recent crossing of the highway, when Rybak and Sotnikov had to cover the detachment’s retreat, the Red Army men became close and stayed together for the last few days.

The men went to the village. The woman who lived in the last hut said that the village was called Lyasiny and showed where the local headman, Petr Kachan, lived. Rybak and Sotnikov entered the headman’s house without knocking. The owner was not surprised. When asked by Rybak whether he serves the Germans, Kachan replied that “he has to.” On the wall in the house there was a photograph of the headman’s son, who had gone to the front. The fisherman noted that the headman had disgraced his son, who fought against the Germans.

The headman's wife set the table. Sotnikov refused to eat, he felt very bad. The fisherman ate with pleasure. The Red Army men were surprised that there was a Bible in the headman’s house.

The fisherman told the owner to go outside with him. The hostess began to lament, but Sotnikov did not fall for it. The Red Army soldier remembered how last year “excessive trust in the same woman almost cost him his life”: that woman offered to feed him, and while the soldier was eating, she called the police. The fisherman took the sheep from the elder.

The men moved back. Rybak began to feel slightly dissatisfied with his partner: without him, he would have gone far. The men walked across the field for a long time, but there was still no necessary road. The fisherman noticed the approaching people and ordered Sotnikov to run. The fisherman did not have time to get his bearings and ended up on the road along which the police were driving. With the sheep on his back, he ran forward even faster, overcame the hill, leaving Sotnikov behind.

The pursuers started shooting. The fisherman hurried forward, but at the last moment he came to his senses, abandoned the sheep and decided to return to his friend.

Sotnikov, trying to escape, was shot in the thigh. Sitting down in the snow, the man began shooting at his pursuers, trying to detain them. He was not afraid of death - “I was afraid of becoming a burden to others.” Sotnikov was getting worse when he suddenly heard Rybak’s voice nearby.

The fisherman and Sotnikov crawled towards the bushes. The fisherman, helping his friend, began to lose his strength. They barely reached the road and headed towards the grove.

Sotnikov couldn’t feel his foot, his hip hurt excruciatingly, but he continued to walk. The men went to the village cemetery and went into the nearest hut. There were only four children at home. The owner's daughter said that Demchikha's mother was not at home and treated the men to potatoes and cucumbers.

The fisherman was angry with Sotnikov because he could not leave his wounded comrade with the children, and he had to wait for the mistress to arrive. Returning home, Demchikha was angry at the uninvited guests, but when she saw that Sotnikov was wounded, she bandaged him. The fisherman noticed three policemen through the window. Demchikha told the partisans to hide in the attic.

When the police were searching the hut, Sotnikov began coughing loudly. The partisans had to surrender.

Sotnikov was not afraid that he might be killed, but “he was painfully worried that he had let Rybak and Demchikha down in such a way.” Because the woman hid the “bandits,” the police also arrested her. On the way, Rybak “cursed himself for his imprudence.” He “was already clearly aware that if it weren’t for Sotnikov, his cold, and then his injury, they would probably have reached the forest.”

“Sotnikov did not doubt for a minute that they were missing.” Sotnikov was taken to investigator Portnov and began to be interrogated. The prisoner realized that the police knew about their visit to the headman. Despite the investigator’s pressure, Sotnikov refused to give information about his squad. Then Portkov called Budila, “the local police executioner.”

Rybak and Demchikha were locked in the basement. In the cell where the Red Army soldier was put, there was the elder Peter. The fisherman tried to come up with a way, if not to avoid, then at least to delay the punishment.

The fisherman was summoned for questioning. He began to lie plausibly, giving the name of the captain of another detachment and saying that their detachment was supposedly in the forest. Satisfied with the interrogation, Portnov said that he might pardon Rybak and help him join the police and serve Germany.

“Sotnikov was saved by his weakness: as soon as Budila began the torture, he quickly lost consciousness.” The prisoner's hand bones were broken and his nails were torn off. After half an hour of torture, Sotnikov was thrown into a cell with the headman and Rybak. Rybak thought that “if Sotnikov dies, then his chances will improve significantly. He can say whatever he wants."

The fisherman tried to negotiate with Sotnikov so that they would give the same testimony, but he refused. Sotnikov, realizing that his comrade was being called to the police, said: “This is a car! Either you will serve her, or she will grind you into powder!

After interrogation, Peter said that he was asked to find out from Rybak and Sotnikov about the detachment, but he refused. After interrogation, a Jewish girl and Demchikha were thrown into their cell.

The fisherman began to understand that “now there was no way out,” although “always and everywhere he managed to find some way out.” “No, he could not agree to die, he would never accept death in submission.”

Sotnikov decided that “tomorrow he will tell the investigator that he went on reconnaissance.” He dreamed of his father, who, as it seemed to Sotnikov, was quoting the Bible.

In the morning, five prisoners were taken out into the street. Sotnikov shouted to the authorities who came out: “I am a partisan. It was I who wounded your policeman.<…>The rest have nothing to do with it. Take me alone." But the police did not react to his words.

Rybak noticed Portnov among his superiors and personally addressed him with the words that he was not guilty of anything. Portnov called Rybak over and asked if he agreed to join the police. The fisherman agreed. "Bastard!" - Sotnikov shouted.

Sotnikov was offended because he was going to save others.

On the crossbar of the street arch hung “five flexible hemp loops.” One by one, the prisoners “began to be led along the gallows.” Sotnikov climbed onto the block of wood standing under the noose. The fisherman was holding the stand at this time. The policeman threw a noose around his neck, and Demchikha was crying loudly nearby. The fisherman said to his comrade: “Forgive me, brother!” - “Go to hell! - Sotnikov said briefly.

“The fisherman let go of the stand and stepped back - Sotnikov’s legs swayed nearby, the hat they had knocked off fell onto the snow.” After the execution, the Germans began to disperse “in a cheerful, high spirits, as if after a successfully completed<…>interesting activity."

Seeing Rybak standing on the sidewalk, the senior policeman ordered him to get into line. Mixed for a minute, Rybak joined the column. He realized that “there was no longer a way to escape from this formation” and “with this liquidation he was tied more securely than with a belt.” “Now he is the enemy of everyone and everywhere. And, apparently, to myself too.”

During a smoke break, Rybak went into the outhouse, hoping to hang himself with a belt, but only now remembered that the belt had been taken away before the interrogation. Yesterday's dream of becoming a policeman turned into a disaster for him. “Such is fate. The insidious fate of a man lost in war.”

Conclusion

In the story “Sotnikov” Vasil Bykov contrasts two main characters - Rybak and Sotnikov. From the first chapters, it seems that the active, cunning Rybak is more adapted to the conditions of war than the sickly, low-initiative Sotnikov.

However, with the revelation of the characters, it becomes clear that Sotnikov has greater morality and spiritual strength. Until his death, he remains true to his principles, unlike the Fisherman, who becomes his own enemy.

This is interesting: The story “Ivan” by Bogomolov was written in 1957. We recommend reading chapter by chapter, which will be useful both for your reading diary and in preparation for a literature lesson. This is a tragic and true story about a boy scout who decided to lay down his own life in the fight against the fascist invaders.

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Bykov's stories about the war are considered the most truthful and psychological in all literature of the 20th century. It was he who managed to show her face like no one else; a significant role was played by the fact that the writer himself was a participant in the war. The story about two partisan friends, which is studied in the 11th grade, is complex and diverse thematically and compositionally.

The post was inspired by reading Vasil Bykov's story "Sotnikov". According to the old tradition, I continue to cover school gaps, because Sotnikov was in the program, but, of course, I didn’t read it then :)

Brief summary of Vasil Bykov's story "Sotnikov"
The story "Sotnikov" by Vasil Bykov tells us about two Soviet partisans who are in German-occupied territory of Belarus. It's 1942. The fragile partisan movement is forced to hide in forests and swamps; there is no ammunition, medicine, uniforms, or food. On a cold February night in 1942, partisans Sotnikov and Rybak go for food. The fisherman is an experienced, strong young man, not lacking in strength and health. Sotnikov went on the mission while sick. According to him, he did not refuse the task because several more experienced comrades in the partisan detachment refused him.

The task of searching for food did not go well from the very beginning: Sotnikov was exhausted and walked slower than necessary. The village they were looking for turned out to be deserted: it was burned by the Germans. At random, the partisans went to a neighboring village. Having reached it, they came to the house of the local headman, appointed by the occupying German troops. The headman turned out to be an old man named Pyotr Sych. Despite the fact that the partisans initially wanted to punish him for collaborating with the Germans, they were satisfied with the sheep they found with him. Setting out on the way back, Rybak and Sotnikov ran into a police patrol. The fisherman, being strong and healthy, most likely could have left, but he could not abandon the sick Sotnikov, who was also wounded in the leg. After a shootout, in which one of the policemen was wounded, they nevertheless escaped from the fire and tried to escape, hiding in a random house in a village unfamiliar to them. There were only small children in the house. There were no adults. Soon the landlady named Demchikha arrived, and the police followed her to the house. Sotnikov’s strong cough gave away the partisans hiding in the shelter. Rybak, Sotnikov and the owner of the house were arrested and taken to prison.

During interrogations, the comrades behaved differently: Sotnikov knew that this time they would not get out, and did not say anything to the police, did not betray his comrades, despite the torture. The fisherman, who walked under death many times and being a brave man, could not stand it and wanted to save his life at any cost. He gave confusing information to the police and was sent to a cell. In the cell were Sotnikov, mutilated by torture, the headman Pyotr Sych, accused of aiding the partisans, the Jewish girl Basya, who was hiding in the headman’s house, Demchikha, whom Rybak and Sotnikov had let down in such a way, and Rybak himself.

They spent their last night together; the next morning they were to be executed. Everyone accepted their fate, except Rybak, he passionately wanted to live. The next morning, when they were taken to the place of execution, Rybak turned to the German authorities and expressed his desire to become a policeman. He was accepted and ordered to help Sotnikov reach the gallows. The fisherman had to knock the block out from under Sotnikov’s feet.

Some time after the execution, Rybak realized that now he had nowhere to run from the Germans, since the execution of his comrades held him to the Germans much more strongly than the prison walls or ropes. Realizing that he was a traitor, he decided to commit suicide, but he did not have a belt. In the end, he realized that there was no escape from fate and went to the German authorities who were already waiting for him...

Meaning
The main characters of Vasil Bykov's story "Sotnikov" are faced with a difficult choice: to save their lives by betraying, or to die with dignity, keeping their friends, colleagues, brothers in arms safe and sound. The hero makes different decisions:
1) Grandfather Pyotr Sych, who at first seems like an ordinary traitor, turns out to be a strong man and capable of taking responsibility. He became an elder so that his friends and relatives would have a better life. He also, at his own risk, sheltered a Jewish girl in his home.
2) Demchikha, trying to hide partisans in her home, greatly risked the lives of her children;
3) Sotnikov was able to find the strength to hold on to the end, without changing his views;
4) The strong, brave and dexterous Fisherman, who seemed almost an exemplary soldier, broke down and crossed the line before which the other heroes of the story “Sotnikov” were able to stop.

Each hero of the story pays his own price for the decisions made. All except one: the little Jewish girl Basya was hanged simply because she belonged to the nationality that German troops sought to destroy.

Conclusion
The story “Sotnikov” by Vasil Bykov raises a very important question for me personally: what can a person do under the most terrible load imaginable. Will he remain loyal to his homeland, family, and friends under the threat of death? What choice will he make in a difficult situation for him?

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And then a cough rumbled from above, from the attic. “Who do you have there?” The police were already climbing up. "Hands up! Gotcha, darlings."

nicknames from investigator Portnov. “Tell me,” the policeman said quietly. - You can tell everything. We'll make mincemeat out of you. We will stretch all the veins and break the bones. And then we’ll announce that you gave everyone away... You woke me up!” - the investigator ordered, and a buffalo-like fellow appeared in the room, his huge hands tore Sotnikov from the chair...

howl,” the investigator approved. - We will check your testimony. We might save your life. You will also serve great Germany in the police. Think about it." Returning to the basement and seeing Sotnikov’s broken fingers - with torn out nails, caked in blood clots - Rybak felt a secret joy that he had avoided this. No, he will dodge to the last. There were already five of them in the basement. They brought the Jewish girl Basya, from whom they demanded the names of those who hid her, and Demichikha.

Sotnikov brief biography. Sotnikov detailed retelling by chapters

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

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Chapter first

About the book

History of creation

Shootout

Captivity

Interrogation

Liquidation

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