Summary of Arkady Babchenko's One Soldier's War

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#1 The mountains are as bad as it gets. Everything you need to live, you carry with you. You need food, so you discard all the things you can do without and stuff dry rations for five days into your backpack.

#2 After the luxurious flats of Grozny, the barn the Chechens were staying in seemed pitiful. It had clay walls, an earth floor, and a small window that barely lets in any light. But this was their first real accommodation after months of sleeping in rat holes and ditches.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 28, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669397304

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Insights on Arkady Babchenko's One Soldiers War

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 23

Insights from Chapter 24

Insights from Chapter 25

Insights from Chapter 26

Insights from Chapter 27

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The mountains are as bad as it gets. Everything you need to live, you carry with you. You need food, so you discard all the things you can do without and stuff dry rations for five days into your backpack.

#2

After the luxurious flats of Grozny, the barn the Chechens were staying in seemed pitiful. It had clay walls, an earth floor, and a small window that barely lets in any light. But this was their first real accommodation after months of sleeping in rat holes and ditches.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The water from the river Argun was yellow and had a terrible smell, but we drank it anyway. We knew that hydrogen sulphide was good for the kidneys, so we kept drinking it.

Insights from Chapter 3

#1

The next morning, curiosity drew Shishigin and me over to the apartment. We found the imprints of army boots and trainers in the thick layer of dust that covered the apartment. The booted one, the sniper, sat at the window all the time and surveyed our flat.

Insights from Chapter 4

#1

I was on the stairs when I heard the Chechens whistle. I was trying to convince myself not to go down, but I had to. I went down a few more stairs and reached the corner. I was panting and my temples were pounding. It was scary stuff.

Insights from Chapter 5

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The 2nd battalion tried to take the cross-shaped hospital for the third day in a row, but they were unsuccessful. The storming operation was faltering, and we didn’t have time for Yakovlev. They listed him as a deserter, wrote off his rifle as lost in combat, and closed the case.

Insights from Chapter 6

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We inherited the cow from the Buinaksk brigade when we relieved them in the mountains. She was barely able to walk on her weak, buckling legs, and we cursed her for dragging out her own execution like this. We shot her between the ears.

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