Main character Ivan Buslov is a brave boy who lost those closest to him in the war, and therefore decided to take revenge on his enemies. On my short life path the boy saw a lot of terrible things. The feats he accomplished are beyond the capabilities of many adults. He eventually dies tragically in 1943. The Germans torture him, but he heroically holds out until the last. Commander Galtsev learned about Ivan’s death only in 1945. He treated the boy like his own.

The story teaches that not only an adult, but also a child can be courageous. This is a good character trait, thanks to which peace and tranquility reigns on earth.

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The events of the story unfold during the Second World War (1941-1945). Senior Lieutenant Galtsev was unexpectedly awakened at night. The fact is that a 12-year-old boy was found on the shore, shaking from hunger and cold. This boy's name is Ivan Buslov. Galtsev tries to extract information from the boy, but, unfortunately, he only learns his last name. Ivan insists that his arrival be reported to headquarters. But the lieutenant reports about the boy only when he is absolutely convinced of the authenticity of his words. The hero correctly named all the names of the headquarters officers. Lieutenant Colonel Gryaznov actually confirms that the boy is on their side, that he needs to be well taken care of. Galtsev feels embarrassed for being rude to the boy, and from now on he is ready to protect him.

A handsome and cheerful young man of 27 years old comes to the headquarters. His name is Kholin. Ivan tells him about incredible adventures, about how he miraculously survived. The fact is that the boy was not able to approach the boat waiting for him because of the Nazis, and was forced to sail across the frosty Dnieper on a log. Kholin brought his friend military clothes with medals for his services. After having lunch together, Ivan and Kholin leave.

Soon Kholin meets his friend again. The new battalion sergeant major is calm, balanced Katasonych. Every now and then, he stands near the observation pipe all day long and watches his opponents. Ivan and his friend are inspecting the territory. The enemy is very close and carefully monitors the events that take place on the river bank. Galzen must help Kholin, but he does not want to humiliate himself in front of him. The senior lieutenant carries out his official duties and supervises the work of the nurse, pretending not to notice the pretty girl in front of him.

Ivan is more talkative and friendly than ever. At midnight he must go behind enemy lines, but the boy is not at all afraid, he sits calmly and reads brochures and eats sweets. The boy liked Galtsev’s dagger, but he cannot give it away, since it is a memory from a deceased friend. The lieutenant learns about the boy's life. Ivan lost his father and sister during the war. And therefore he takes revenge on the Germans for his relatives. This boy has seen a lot. Kholin was surprised that a child could feel such hatred. At headquarters Ivan was begged to enroll in military school, but he resisted it. This boy is a real hero; many adults are not capable of such courageous actions. After the war, the officers planned to find the boy’s mother, and if she was not found, Katasonych would take Ivana into her family to be raised.

Kholin reports that Katasonych was ordered to report to headquarters. The boy holds a grudge against the new foreman because he didn’t even say goodbye. At that moment the foreman was killed by the enemies. Galtsev will take his place. After numerous trainings, three brave men: Kholin, a boy and a lieutenant went to military operation. Having crossed the Dnieper, they hide. Ivan has to complete a difficult mission - to go a long way behind enemy lines. The friends insure the boy, wait in ambush for a long time, and then return back.

Galtsev orders for the boy the same dagger as his own and asks him to give it to Ivan. Without much desire, the lieutenant colonel tells Galtsev about the boy. It was clear from the military man’s facial expressions that he was hiding something from Galtsev. The fact is that when they wanted to send Ivan to a military school, he ran away. He claims that the less they know about him, the longer he will live.

Thoughts about the courageous Ivan haunt the already appointed commander, Galtsev. Having received a dangerous wound, he is taken to a hospital in Berlin. Flipping through Secret Service documents, he sees a photo of a boy he knows with thin cheekbones and wide eyes. In conclusion, it was written that in 1943, a certain Ivan, who was monitoring the movement of trains, was detained by enemies. After numerous resistances and interrogations, during which he behaved boorishly, he was killed by his enemies.

Picture or drawing Bogomolov - Ivan

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Young senior lieutenant Galtsev, acting battalion commander, was woken up in the middle of the night. A boy of about twelve years old was detained near the shore, all wet and shivering from the cold. To Galtsev’s strict questions, the boy only answers that his last name is Bondarev, and demands to immediately report his arrival to headquarters. But Galtsev, not immediately believing it, reports about the boy only when he correctly names the names of the staff officers. Lieutenant Colonel Gryaznov really confirms: “This is our guy,” he needs to “create all the conditions” and “be more delicate.” As ordered, Galtsev gives the boy paper and ink. He pours it onto the table and intently counts the grains and pine needles. The received data is urgently sent to headquarters. Galtsev feels guilty for shouting at the boy, now he is ready to look after him.

Kholin arrives, a tall, handsome man and a joker of about twenty-seven. Ivan (that’s the boy’s name) tells a friend about how he couldn’t approach the boat that was waiting for him because of the Germans, and how he had difficulty crossing the cold Dnieper on a log. On the uniform brought to Ivan Kholin, the order Patriotic War and the medal “For Courage”. After a joint meal, Kholin and the boy leave.

After some time, Galtsev meets with Ivan again. First, the quiet and modest foreman Katasonych appears in the battalion. From observation points he “watches the Germans”, spending the whole day at the stereo tube. Then Kholin, together with Galtsev, inspects the area and trenches. The Germans on the other side of the Dnieper are constantly keeping our bank at gunpoint. Galtsev must “provide every assistance” to Kholin, but he does not want to “run” after him. Galtsev goes about his business, checking the work of the new paramedic, trying not to pay attention to the fact that in front of him is a beautiful young woman.

Ivan, who arrived, is unexpectedly friendly and talkative. Tonight he has to cross to the German rear, but he doesn’t even think about sleeping, but reads magazines and eats candy. The boy admires the Finnish girl Galtseva, but he cannot give Ivan a knife - after all, this is a memory of his deceased best friend. Finally, Galtsev learns more about the fate of Ivan Buslov (this real name boy). He is originally from Gomel. His father and sister died during the war. Ivan had to go through a lot: he was in the partisans, and in Trostyanets - in the death camp. Lieutenant Colonel Gryaznov persuaded Ivan to go to the Suvorov Military School, but he only wants to fight and take revenge. Kholin “didn’t even think that a child could hate so much...”. And when they decided not to send Ivan on the mission, he left on his own. What this boy can do, adult scouts rarely succeed. It was decided that if Ivan’s mother was not found after the war, he would be adopted by Katasonych or the lieutenant colonel.

Kholin says that Katasonych was unexpectedly called to the division. Ivan is childishly offended: why didn’t he come in to say goodbye? In fact, Katasonych had just been killed. Now Galtsev will be third. Of course, this is a violation, but Galtsev, who had previously asked to be taken into intelligence, decides to do so. Having carefully prepared, Kholin, Ivan and Galtsev go for the operation. Having crossed the river, they hide the boat. Now the boy faces a difficult and very risky task: to walk fifty kilometers behind German lines unnoticed. Just in case, he is dressed like a “homeless brat.” Insuring Ivan, Kholin and Galtsev spend about an hour in ambush and then return.

Galtsev orders for Ivan exactly the same Finnish woman as the one he liked. After some time, meeting with Gryaznov, Galtsev, already confirmed as a battalion commander, asks to hand over the knife to the boy. But it turns out that when they finally decided to send Ivan to school, he left without permission. Gryaznov is reluctant to talk about the boy: the fewer people know about the “out-of-towners,” the longer they live.

But Galtsev cannot forget about the little scout. After being seriously wounded, he ends up in Berlin to seize German archives. In the documents found by the secret field police, Galtsev suddenly discovers a photo with a familiar high-cheekboned face and wide-set eyes. The report says that in December 1943, after fierce resistance, “Ivan” was detained, observing the movement of German trains in the restricted zone. After interrogations, during which the boy “behaved defiantly,” he was shot.

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Analysis of the story “IVAN” by Vladimir Osipovich Bogomolov.

He was a cadet in the airborne school and commander of the reconnaissance department. He is familiar with the work of an intelligence officer. I walked along the front roads of Belarus, Poland, and Germany. In 1945, the war did not end for him; he fought in Manchuria. He was wounded and awarded more than once. I knew about the war firsthand.

Vladimir Bogomolov’s story “Ivan” requires special treatment. This book is considered to be “children’s” because its main character is a child. Meanwhile, the fate and death of Ivan Bondarev is one of the most scary stories about war. 100 (one hundred) marks given to policeman Titkov for the capture of an unknown person, whose supposed name is “Ivan,” is not just the end of the story. This is one of the most ruthless and poignant endings in literature. last century. It is impossible to “assign” the age of the reader who is ready for such reading, and insert Bogomolov’s story, written in tears, into the “list of books about the war.” This book can only be passed from hand to hand and only when the elder is ready to answer for the younger.

This book has a rare fate. In due time and hour, “Ivan” by Vladimir Bogomolov turned into “Ivan’s Childhood” by Andrei Tarkovsky (1962), awarded the highest prize of the Venice Film Festival “Golden Lion”.

Everyone who tried to honestly talk about the war deserves deep gratitude. But it may very well be that the short story “Ivan” is a direct and unconditional answer to the question of why our country won the terrible war.

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War - ordeal for everyone, especially for children, who have to bear all its burdens on an equal basis with adults, that war and children are an incompatible, unnatural concept, that the reason for our victory is that everyone, young and old, at the front and in the rear, stood up to defend the Motherland. Hitler had to fight not only with the army. Children and teenagers also made their contribution to the victory, and it didn’t matter where they did it: under bullets on the front line, in factories or on the fields of our country. They deserve to make us proud of them and always be grateful to them that we can live freely and enjoy life.

Each of the works illuminates one facet of the war, but together they form a picture of astonishing scope, capturing the disaster that befell the country and the greatest courage of the people. On the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow the words are carved: “ Your name unknown, your feat is immortal.” Books about the war are also monuments to the dead. They solve one of the problems of education - they teach the younger generation love for the Motherland, perseverance in trials, and teach high morality using the example of their fathers and grandfathers. Their importance is increasingly increasing due to the enormous relevance of the topic of war and peace today.

Books about the events of the Great Patriotic War reveal to the whole world the spiritual strength, fortitude and courage of our people. The history of mankind has never known such mass heroism. War not only does not “cancel”, it makes even more acute moral problems, a sense of civic duty and responsibility.

Vladimir Osipovich Bogomolov, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, went to the front very young: he was not even 15 years old.He was a cadet in the airborne school and commander of the reconnaissance department. He is familiar with the work of an intelligence officer. I walked along the front roads of Belarus, Poland, and Germany. In 1945, the war did not end for him; he fought in Manchuria. He was wounded and awarded more than once. I knew about the war firsthand.

He is the author of many works, including the novel “In August 1944”, the stories “Ivan”, “Zosya”. Bogomolov's books have been published over 130 times, in 39 languages.

Bogomolov, a then unknown prose writer, wrote the story “Ivan” in 1957. In 1958, the story appeared in print and it became clear: the war had never been told like this before. It is no coincidence that “Ivan” was included in the two-hundred-volume “Library of World Literature” and the collection of the best works about the Great Patriotic War “Wreath of Glory”, and also served as the basis for the feature film “Ivan’s Childhood” directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.

What is the secret to this budding author's success? In truth. The full truth, without embellishment or concealment, that the war is merciless and inhumane.

The theme of the work is the story of the struggle of young Ivan and his adult comrades against fascism.

Idea - War is evil, it is a difficult test for everyone, especially for children. Children and war are incompatible concepts.

Both the mind and the heart protest against the combination of the words “war” and “children.” By nature itself, by the conditions of existence of the human race, children are destined to live in a world protected by adults.

Already on the first pages of the story we meet its main character - a twelve-year-old boy Ivan. Young senior lieutenant Galtsev, acting battalion commander, was woken up in the middle of the night. A boy of about twelve years old was detained near the shore, all wet and shivering from the cold. To Galtsev’s strict questions, the boy only answers that his last name is Bondarev, and demands to immediately report his arrival to headquarters. But Galtsev, not immediately believing it, reports about the boy only when he correctly names the names of the staff officers. Lieutenant Colonel Gryaznov really confirms: “This is our guy,” he needs to “create all the conditions” and “be more delicate.” As ordered, Galtsev gives the boy paper and ink. He pours it onto the table and concentrates on counting the grains and pine needles. The received data is urgently sent to headquarters. Galtsev feels guilty for shouting at the boy, now he is ready to look after him.

Kholin arrives, a tall, handsome man and a joker of about twenty-seven. Ivan (that’s the boy’s name) tells a friend about how he couldn’t approach the boat that was waiting for him because of the Germans, and how he had difficulty crossing the cold Dnieper on a log. On the uniform brought to Ivan Kholin, there is the Order of the Patriotic War and the medal “For Courage”. After a joint meal, Kholin and the boy leave.

In the first episode we see Ivan serious, gloomy, collected, wary. What made him like this?

In the first days of the war, the boy survived the death of his father, a border guard, his sister died in his arms, the boy was in a death camp, was among the partisans. This is where his seriousness and gloominess come from; he made a decision - to take revenge on the enemy, to become useful to our army - to obtain information about enemy troops for headquarters. This is where his composure, silence, and wariness come from.

But we see the boy playing in the dugout. By drawing this scene, the author wants to emphasize that Ivan remains a boy, plays like his peers, collects knives, and arms himself with binoculars, like a real commander. He would like to chase pigeons, enjoy the first snow, but every day he looks death in the eyes.

Children-warriors... What a terrible truth! But this is not the whole truth. After all, Ivan cannot be kept in his rear. We tried it when we were taken out by plane from being surrounded by the Germans. partisan detachment. But Ivan could not “cram” in school about the “importance of herbivores in human life” when he native land there was an enemy. “I still have time to become an officer. In the meantime, while there is war, those who are of little use can rest,” says Ivan.

But Ivan is a boy who has not yet forgotten how to “play war.” “The boy is alone. He's all red, hot and excited. He has Kotka’s knife in his hand, my binoculars on his chest, his face is guilty. The dugout is a mess: the table is turned upside down and covered with a blanket, the legs of the stool are sticking out from under the bunks.” Yes, the boy remains a boy: he plays like his peers, collects knives, arms himself with binoculars, like a real commander... He would like to chase pigeons, enjoy the first snow, but every day he looks death in the eyes...

He had already gone through the hell of a fascist death camp. It’s hard, like an adult, that he hates the enemy. And for a long time he has been consciously living according to the harsh laws of a real, non-fictional war.

Differently The adults around him relate to the young scout. But everyone is trying to protect.

Kholin loves Ivan: “One can only dream of such a boy.” He wants to adopt him, but at the same time he understands that he cannot yet become his real father: he has not matured mentally, is reckless, and sometimes rude. Kholin himself seems to big child and treats the boy like his own, and in some ways is even afraid of him, unquestioningly fulfills requests and instructions young scout.

Katasonych treats the boy like a father, he is ready to do everything for him. When Galtsev asks him about Ivan, Katasonov’s face “lights up with a tender, unusually warm smile.

Wonderful little guy! Only a character, trouble with him!”

He, of all those around him, calls the boy Vanyushka. Quiet, modest, calm, the best language hunter in the army, Katasonych, more than any other adult, understands how dangerous the work that a child does for army headquarters is.

Loves the boy and Galtsev. He is looking for approaches to Ivan’s character, made him a dagger, and escorts him behind enemy lines. He wants to kiss him goodbye, but he doesn’t dare... Galtsev carried the memory of the boy through the entire war. He had the difficult fate of reading in the fascist archives a message from the head of the secret police about the death of a young intelligence officer.

Ivan lives for a long time in the occupied territory, walks through villages and towns, dressed in rags, like a beggar, and he vigilantly peers at any accumulation of enemy manpower and his weapons, sees everything, remembers everything. The information he obtained is very valuable.

The boy's position behind enemy lines is very difficult: dangerous situations arise daily, hourly, and he can only rely on himself. No one is nearby: no commander, no comrades, no communications. Only you and the enemy. This, of course, is an unbearable burden on children's shoulders.

And, understanding the severity of these experiences and dangers, the adults still send the boy on reconnaissance. Why? main reason- bitter and scary.

But the fact was that a brutal war was going on, on the outcome of which depended not only the fate of an individual, but also the future of our Motherland. People died, cities were destroyed, villages burned. Old people and children fought for victory and sometimes died. No matter how painful and bitter it is to talk about it. Kholin, having transported Ivan to the other side of the river, behind enemy lines, talks to Galtsev in the dugout:

“Have you been fighting for three years?” he asked, lighting a cigarette. – And I’m the third... And in the eyes of death - like Ivan! – we may not have looked... There’s a battalion, a regiment, a whole army behind you... And he’s alone! - Child!" Child…

But why does he have such a strict, adult name - Ivan? And the story is called not “Vanyusha”, not “Vanya”, but “Ivan”?

Probably, this boy cannot be called anything else: so many adult, male affairs and responsibilities fell to his lot. He made his choice in life - the choice of a defender of the Fatherland. V. Bogomolov’s story is initially tragic in its sound; on its pages there is no place for jokes, the boy’s pranks, even smiles are rare here.

And in fact: war is a difficult, cruel time, it breaks human destinies, sparing no one - neither old nor young.

The last pages of the book are terribly tragic. After being seriously wounded, Galtsev ends up in Berlin to seize German archives. In the documents found by the secret field police, Galtsev suddenly discovers a photo with a familiar high-cheekboned face and wide-set eyes. The report says that in December 1943, after fierce resistance, “Ivan” was detained, observing the movement of German trains in the restricted area. After interrogations, during which the boy “behaved defiantly,” he was shot.

Ivan died. There is also a drop of his blood on the Victory Banner. Ivan was shot in the early morning of December 25th. For Protestant Germans, this is the morning of the main holiday - Christmas. This morning the One who atoned for the sins of people on the cross was born, so that they would live for love and goodness and not do evil...

On a dark morning Merry Christmas little Ivan ascended to his Golgotha. Courageous and firm. Little warrior. A soldier of the Fatherland, he stepped into eternal life. Yes, it is difficult to tell Bogomolov about the boy’s death, and it is difficult for us to read the last pages of the story. I really want the hero to remain alive, but, unfortunately, the war spares no one: neither adults nor children.

Vladimir Bogomolov’s story “Ivan” requires special treatment. This book is considered to be “children’s” because its main character is a child. Meanwhile, the fate and death of Ivan Bondarev is one of the most terrible stories about the war. 100 (one hundred) marks given to policeman Titkov for the capture of an unknown person, whose supposed name is “Ivan,” is not just the end of the story. This is one of the most ruthless and poignant endings in the literature of the last century. It is impossible to “assign” the age of the reader who is ready for such reading, and insert Bogomolov’s story, written in tears, into the “list of books about the war.” This book can only be passed from hand to hand and only when the elder is ready to answer for the younger.

This book has a rare fate. In due time and hour, “Ivan” by Vladimir Bogomolov turned into “Ivan’s Childhood” by Andrei Tarkovsky (1962), awarded the highest prize of the Venice Film Festival “Golden Lion”.

Everyone who tried to honestly talk about the war deserves deep gratitude. But it may very well be that the little story “Ivan” is a direct and unconditional answer to the question of why our country won the terrible war To our parents for the life given to us, we are responsible for their peace of mind. We, children, do not have the right to force them to worry about our rash actions, illnesses, and bad grades. The long life of parents is in our hands.

MBOU TsO No. 13 named after. E.N. Volkova

Analysis of the story

Vladimir Osipovich Bogomolov

"IVAN"

(Speech at a regional seminar)

Tretyakova Yu.N.,

teacher of Russian language and literature.

p. Barsuki, 2014

Introduction.

Goal of the work:

    show how Russian manifested itself national character Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War.

    reveal the courage of the character of the main character, who, according to the author, “in the great front-line brotherhood at twelve years old is a worker, and not a dependent.”

    to prove that war is a difficult test for everyone, especially for children, who have to bear all its hardships on an equal basis with adults, that war and children are an incompatible, unnatural concept, that the reason for our victory lies in the fact that everything, from small to large, at the front and in the rear, stood up to defend the Motherland.

Hitler had to fight not only with the army, but with the entire Russian people, and this turned out to be beyond his power. Children and teenagers also made their contribution to the victory, and it didn’t matter where they did it: under bullets on the front line, in factories or on the fields of our country. They deserve to make us proud of them and always be grateful to them that we can live freely and enjoy life.

Relevance of the topic in modern society: It is impossible to list all the works that glorified the heroism of the people in the Great Patriotic War. Each of the works illuminates one facet of the war, but together they form a picture of astonishing scope, capturing the disaster that befell the country and the greatest courage of the people. On the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow the words are carved: “Your name is unknown, your feat is immortal.” Books about the war are also like a monument to the dead. They solve one of the problems of education - they teach the younger generation love for the Motherland, perseverance in trials, and teach high morality using the example of their fathers and grandfathers. Their importance is increasingly increasing due to the enormous relevance of the topic of war and peace today.

Modern youth, not only about war, but in general rarely hold a book in their hands. I believe that books about war must be read. After all, they describe the heroism of our people, who gave their lives for their country. We must know about the exploits of our grandparents. Modern teenagers must know their heroes, bow to them, learn patriotism from them, moral purity, pride for those who defended the Victory!

Books about the events of the Great Patriotic War reveal to the whole world the spiritual strength, fortitude and courage of our people. The history of mankind has never known such mass heroism. War not only does not “cancel”, it makes moral problems, a sense of civic duty and responsibility even more acute.

Main part

The theme of war in Russian literature has been touched upon since ancient times. Since those times, this topic has not lost its relevance, since war is an important part of the life of the Russian state.

Writers lived the same life with the fighting people: they froze in the trenches, went on the attack, performed feats and... wrote. IN. Bogomolov, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, went to the front very young: he was not even 15 years old.He was a cadet in the airborne school and commander of the reconnaissance department.He is familiar with the work of an intelligence officer. I walked along the front roads of Belarus, Poland, and Germany. In 1945, the war did not end for him; he fought in Manchuria. He was wounded and awarded more than once. I knew about the war firsthand.

He is the author of many works, including the novel “In August 1944”, the stories “Ivan”, “Zosya”. Bogomolov's books have been published over 130 times, in 39 languages.

Bogomolov, a then unknown prose writer, wrote the story “Ivan” in 1957. In 1958, the story appeared in print and it became clear: the war had never been told like this before. It is no coincidence that “Ivan” was included in the two-hundred-volume “Library of World Literature” and the collection of the best works about the Great Patriotic War “Wreath of Glory”, and also served as the basis for the feature film “Ivan’s Childhood” directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.

What is the secret to this budding author's success? In truth. The full truth, without embellishment or concealment, that the war is merciless and inhumane.

The theme of the work is the story of the struggle of young Ivan and his adult comrades against fascism.

Idea - War is evil, it is a difficult test for everyone, especially for children. Children and war are incompatible concepts.

Both the mind and the heart protest against the combination of the words “war” and “children.” By nature itself, by the conditions of existence of the human race, children are destined to live in a world protected by adults.

Already on the first pages of the story we meet its main character - a twelve-year-old boy Ivan. Young senior lieutenant Galtsev, acting battalion commander, was woken up in the middle of the night. A boy of about twelve years old was detained near the shore, all wet and shivering from the cold. To Galtsev’s strict questions, the boy only answers that his last name is Bondarev, and demands to immediately report his arrival to headquarters. But Galtsev, not immediately believing it, reports about the boy only when he correctly names the names of the staff officers. Lieutenant Colonel Gryaznov really confirms: “This is our guy,” he needs to “create all the conditions” and “be more delicate.” As ordered, Galtsev gives the boy paper and ink. He pours it onto the table and concentrates on counting the grains and pine needles. The received data is urgently sent to headquarters. Galtsev feels guilty for shouting at the boy, now he is ready to look after him.

Kholin arrives, a tall, handsome man and a joker of about twenty-seven. Ivan (that’s the boy’s name) tells a friend about how he couldn’t approach the boat that was waiting for him because of the Germans, and how he had difficulty crossing the cold Dnieper on a log. On the uniform brought to Ivan Kholin, there is the Order of the Patriotic War and the medal “For Courage”. After a joint meal, Kholin and the boy leave.

In the first episode we see Ivan serious, gloomy, collected, wary. What made him like this?

In the first days of the war, the boy survived the death of his father, a border guard, his sister died in his arms, the boy was in a death camp, was among the partisans. This is where his seriousness and gloominess come from; he made a decision - to take revenge on the enemy, to become useful to our army - to obtain information about enemy troops for headquarters. This is where his composure, silence, and wariness come from.

But we see the boy playing in the dugout. By drawing this scene, the author wants to emphasize that Ivan remains a boy, plays like his peers, collects knives, and arms himself with binoculars, like a real commander. He would like to chase pigeons, enjoy the first snow, but every day he looks death in the eyes.

Children-warriors... What a terrible truth! But this is not the whole truth. After all, Ivan cannot be kept in his rear. We tried it when we were taken by plane from a partisan detachment surrounded by the Germans. But Ivan could not “cram” in school about the “importance of herbivores in human life” when there was an enemy in his native land. “I still have time to become an officer. In the meantime, while there is war, those who are of little use can rest,” says Ivan.

But Ivan is a boy who has not yet forgotten how to “play war.” “The boy is alone. He's all red, hot and excited. He has Kotka’s knife in his hand, my binoculars on his chest, his face is guilty. The dugout is a mess: the table is turned upside down and covered with a blanket, the legs of the stool are sticking out from under the bunks.” Yes, the boy remains a boy: he plays like his peers, collects knives, arms himself with binoculars, like a real commander... He would like to chase pigeons, enjoy the first snow, but every day he looks death in the eyes...

He had already gone through the hell of a fascist death camp. It’s hard, like an adult, that he hates the enemy. And for a long time he has been consciously living according to the harsh laws of a real, non-fictional war.

The adults around him treat the young scout differently. But everyone is trying to protect.

Kholin loves Ivan: “One can only dream of such a boy.” He wants to adopt him, but at the same time he understands that he cannot yet become his real father: he has not matured mentally, is reckless, and sometimes rude. Kholin himself is like a big child and treats the boy like his own, and in some ways is even afraid of him, unquestioningly fulfills the requests and instructions of the young intelligence officer.

Katasonych treats the boy like a father, he is ready to do everything for him. When Galtsev asks him about Ivan, Katasonov’s face “lights up with a tender, unusually warm smile.

Wonderful little guy! Only a character, trouble with him!”

He, of all those around him, calls the boy Vanyushka. Quiet, modest, calm, the best language hunter in the army, Katasonych, more than any other adult, understands how dangerous the work that a child does for army headquarters is.

Loves the boy and Galtsev. He is looking for approaches to Ivan’s character, made him a dagger, and escorts him behind enemy lines. He wants to kiss him goodbye, but he doesn’t dare... Galtsev carried the memory of the boy through the entire war. He had the difficult fate of reading in the fascist archives a message from the head of the secret police about the death of a young intelligence officer.

Ivan lives for a long time in the occupied territory, walks through villages and towns, dressed in rags, like a beggar, and he vigilantly peers at any accumulation of enemy manpower and his weapons, sees everything, remembers everything. The information he obtained is very valuable.

The boy's position behind enemy lines is very difficult: dangerous situations arise daily, hourly, and he can only rely on himself. No one is nearby: no commander, no comrades, no communications. Only you and the enemy. This, of course, is an unbearable burden on children's shoulders.

And, understanding the severity of these experiences and dangers, the adults still send the boy on reconnaissance. Why? The main reason is bitter and terrible.

But the fact was that a brutal war was going on, on the outcome of which depended not only the fate of an individual, but also the future of our Motherland. People died, cities were destroyed, villages burned. Old people and children fought for victory and sometimes died. No matter how painful and bitter it is to talk about it. Kholin, having transported Ivan to the other side of the river, behind enemy lines, talks to Galtsev in the dugout:

“Have you been fighting for three years?” he asked, lighting a cigarette. – And I’m the third... And in the eyes of death - like Ivan! – we may not have looked... There’s a battalion, a regiment, a whole army behind you... And he’s alone! - Child!" Child…

But why does he have such a strict, adult name - Ivan? And the story is called not “Vanyusha”, not “Vanya”, but “Ivan”?

Probably, this boy cannot be called anything else: so many adult, male affairs and responsibilities fell to his lot. He made his choice in life - the choice of a defender of the Fatherland. V. Bogomolov’s story is initially tragic in its sound; on its pages there is no place for jokes, the boy’s pranks, even smiles are rare here.

And in fact: war is a difficult, cruel time, it breaks human destinies, sparing no one - neither old nor young.

The last pages of the book are terribly tragic. After being seriously wounded, Galtsev ends up in Berlin to seize German archives. In the documents found by the secret field police, Galtsev suddenly discovers a photo with a familiar high-cheekboned face and wide-set eyes. The report says that in December 1943, after fierce resistance, “Ivan” was detained, observing the movement of German trains in the restricted area. After interrogations, during which the boy “behaved defiantly,” he was shot.

Ivan died. There is also a drop of his blood on the Victory Banner. Ivan was shot in the early morning of December 25th. For Protestant Germans, this is the morning of the main holiday - Christmas. This morning the One who atoned for the sins of people on the cross was born, so that they would live for love and goodness and not do evil...

On the dark morning of bright Christmas, little Ivan ascended to his Golgotha. Courageous and firm. Little warrior. A soldier of the Fatherland, he stepped into eternal life. Yes, it is difficult to tell Bogomolov about the boy’s death, and it is difficult for us to read the last pages of the story. I really want the hero to remain alive, but, unfortunately, the war spares no one: neither adults nor children.

Tale Vladimir Bogomolov "Ivan"requires special treatment. This book is considered to be “children’s” because its main character is a child. Meanwhile, the fate and death of Ivan Bondarev is one of the most terrible stories about the war. 100 (one hundred) marks given to policeman Titkov for the capture of an unknown person, whose supposed name is “Ivan,” is not just the end of the story. This is one of the most ruthless and poignant endings in the literature of the last century. It is impossible to “assign” the age of the reader who is ready for such reading, and insert Bogomolov’s story, written in tears, into the “list of books about the war.” This book can only be passed from hand to hand and only when the elder is ready to answer for the younger.
This book has a rare fate. In due time and hour, “Ivan” by Vladimir Bogomolov turned into “Ivan’s Childhood” by Andrei Tarkovsky (1962), awarded the highest prize of the Venice Film Festival “Golden Lion”.

Everyone who tried to honestly talk about the war deserves deep gratitude. But it may very well be that the short story “Ivan” is a direct and unconditional answer to the question of why Russia won.

Vladimir Osipovich Bogomolov

"Ivan"

Young senior lieutenant Galtsev, acting battalion commander, was woken up in the middle of the night. A boy of about twelve years old was detained near the shore, all wet and shivering from the cold. To Galtsev’s strict questions, the boy only answers that his last name is Bondarev, and demands to immediately report his arrival to headquarters. But Galtsev, not immediately believing it, reports about the boy only when he correctly names the names of the staff officers. Lieutenant Colonel Gryaznov really confirms: “This is our guy,” he needs to “create all the conditions” and “be more delicate.” As ordered, Galtsev gives the boy paper and ink. He pours it onto the table and concentrates on counting the grains and pine needles. The received data is urgently sent to headquarters. Galtsev feels guilty for shouting at the boy, now he is ready to look after him.

Kholin arrives, a tall, handsome man and a joker of about twenty-seven. Ivan (that’s the boy’s name) tells a friend about how he couldn’t approach the boat that was waiting for him because of the Germans, and how he had difficulty crossing the cold Dnieper on a log. On the uniform brought to Ivan Kholin, there is the Order of the Patriotic War and the medal “For Courage”. After a joint meal, Kholin and the boy leave.

After some time, Galtsev meets with Ivan again. First, the quiet and modest foreman Katasonych appears in the battalion. From observation points he “watches the Germans”, spending the whole day at the stereo tube. Then Kholin, together with Galtsev, inspects the area and trenches. The Germans on the other side of the Dnieper are constantly keeping our bank at gunpoint. Galtsev must “provide every assistance” to Kholin, but he does not want to “run” after him. Galtsev goes about his business, checking the work of the new paramedic, trying not to pay attention to the fact that in front of him is a beautiful young woman.

Ivan, who arrived, is unexpectedly friendly and talkative. Tonight he has to cross to the German rear, but he doesn’t even think about sleeping, but reads magazines and eats candy. The boy is delighted with the Finnish girl Galtsev, but he cannot give Ivan a knife - after all, it is a memory of his deceased best friend. Finally, Galtsev learns more about the fate of Ivan Buslov (this is the boy’s real name). He is originally from Gomel. His father and sister died during the war. Ivan had to go through a lot: he was in the partisans, and in Trostyanets - in the death camp. Lieutenant Colonel Gryaznov persuaded Ivan to go to the Suvorov Military School, but he only wants to fight and take revenge. Kholin “didn’t even think that a child could hate so much...”. And when they decided not to send Ivan on the mission, he left on his own. What this boy can do, adult scouts rarely succeed. It was decided that if Ivan’s mother was not found after the war, he would be adopted by Katasonych or the lieutenant colonel.

Kholin says that Katasonych was unexpectedly called to the division. Ivan is childishly offended: why didn’t he come in to say goodbye? In fact, Katasonych had just been killed. Now Galtsev will be third. Of course, this is a violation, but Galtsev, who had previously asked to be taken into intelligence, decides to do so. Having carefully prepared, Kholin, Ivan and Galtsev go for the operation. Having crossed the river, they hide the boat. Now the boy faces a difficult and very risky task: to walk fifty kilometers behind German lines unnoticed. Just in case, he is dressed like a “homeless brat.” Insuring Ivan, Kholin and Galtsev spend about an hour in ambush and then return.

Galtsev orders for Ivan exactly the same Finnish woman as the one he liked. After some time, having met with Gryaznov, Galtsev, already confirmed as a battalion commander, asks to hand over the knife to the boy. But it turns out that when they finally decided to send Ivan to school, he left without permission. Gryaznov is reluctant to talk about the boy: the fewer people know about the “out-of-towners,” the longer they live.

But Galtsev cannot forget about the little scout. After being seriously wounded, he ends up in Berlin to seize German archives. In the documents found by the secret field police, Galtsev suddenly discovers a photo with a familiar high-cheekboned face and wide-set eyes. The report says that in December 1943, after fierce resistance, “Ivan” was detained, observing the movement of German trains in the restricted area. After interrogations, during which the boy “behaved defiantly,” he was shot.

Senior Lieutenant Galtsev temporarily acted as battalion commander. One day he was woken up in the middle of the night and informed that a 12-year-old boy had been detained. The boy introduced himself as Ivan and demanded that they report to headquarters. Galtsev did not immediately believe the boy. Lieutenant Colonel Gryaznov asks to create all the necessary conditions for “his” man, because he is an intelligence officer.

When Kholin arrived, Ivan said that because of the Germans he could not get to the boat that was waiting for him, so he had to cross the cold Dnieper on a log. Kholin brought Ivan a uniform with an Order of the Patriotic War and a medal “For Courage.”

Time passed, and Galtsev met with Ivan again. The battalion studies the German position on the other side of the Dnieper. Kholin and Ivan arrived. The latter will need to cross to the rear of the Germans at night. The boy liked the Finnish girl Galtseva, but the senior lieutenant cannot give Ivan a knife, since it is in memory of a friend who died. Ivan talks about how his father and sister died in the war, and he, Ivan Buslov, had the opportunity to be a partisan and visit the Trostyanets death camp. Lieutenant Colonel Gryaznov persuaded him to go to the Suvorov Military School, but Ivan was obsessed with revenge on the Germans.

When they decided not to send Ivan on this dangerous mission, he went himself. The task is beyond the power of even experienced intelligence officers. They decided that if Ivan’s mother was not found after the war, then the boy would be adopted by Katasonych or the lieutenant colonel.

Katasonych is killed, so Kholin, Ivan and Galtsev go to the operation. First they swim across the river, then they hide the boat. Ivan, dressed like a “homeless brat,” has to walk 50 kilometers behind German lines. Kholin and Galtsev provide insurance. Galtsev ordered for Ivan the same knife as the one the boy liked, and after a while, when he was already a battalion commander, he asked Gryaznov to give the knife to the boy. He cannot, because when they decided to send Ivan to Suvorovka, he left without permission.

When Galtsev, after being wounded, went to Berlin to seize German archives, he finds a report in the documents with a photograph of Ivan. In the report, Galtsev read that in December 1943, while fiercely resisting, the Germans came across “Ivan,” who was observing in the restricted area. During interrogation, the boy behaved defiantly, then he was shot.