У войны не женское лицо by Svetlana Alexievich

Through raw first-person testimonies of Soviet women who fought, served, and survived on the Eastern Front—frontline soldiers, snipers, nurses, partisans and factory workers—this oral history exposes the brutality, fear, endurance and moral ambiguities of war. It contrasts official heroic narratives with intimate memories of loss, sexual violence, trauma and small acts of compassion, showing how these women carried their experiences in silence long after the conflict. The result is a haunting, empathetic mosaic that restores female voices to the history of war.