Vasil Bykov, "One Night": a brief summary

Vasil Bykov is a Soviet Belarusian writer. His works are interesting to readers, since in them the person who was an eyewitness tells about the Great Patriotic War. The writer created images, painted psychological portraits of people who, like him, lived in that difficult time. The war in Vasily Bykov's story One Night is shown ambiguous. The plot is interesting and tragic. How will the characters acting in the story behave in an extraordinary situation? You will soon find out about this.

Time and place of events

As it was said above, the story takes place during the Great Patriotic War. The author does not name the city where the events unfold, but this is not so important. This could happen on the territory of the USSR or outside it, since the events of 1944 or 1945 are described.

At this time, the Germans understood that it would not be possible to capture the USSR with lightning speed. Soviet troops pressed them to the West, but the enemy desperately resisted. Very reliably describes the battle scene Vasil Bykov.

"Brief contents of the works:" One night "- a phrase can be written by a person, and a foreigner who has just started to learn Russian. A Russian schoolboy will, however, headline his presentation in accordance with all the rules of the language: "A brief summary of the work One Night." So we will try to describe it now.

Shooting from the air, fighting on the ground

In the sky appeared "Junkers" - German aircraft. The roar of iron cars was heard from afar, The planes bombed the city - the positions of Soviet soldiers. One of them, artilleryman Ivan Voloka, knew that he had to run to a safe place. He hurried after his comrades in arms, saw from afar their backs.

Voloka saw the sergeant and rushed after him, but then an explosion struck. When the smoke cleared a little, in the gateway the soldier saw two Germans. There was no time to think, the artilleryman pressed the trigger of his machine. Under the hail of bullets a German fell, and not having time to shoot from his carbine. Where did the second opponent go, Ivan did not have time to notice and ran on. He saw an open cellar door, decided to go down there, but quickly flew down, as he missed the foot past the step. This is written almost at the beginning of the story, which called Bykov "One Night". A brief description will describe this tense moment.

Scramble

Voloka fell, ran into someone's boots and realized that this was the second German. The enemy seized Ivan by the head and began to bend her to the floor. But the Soviet soldier contrived and threw the enemy on the floor. The battle continued with varying success. For some time the enemy gained the upper hand and began to strangle the artilleryman. Read more about this tense moment by reading the original, that is, full content. "One night" (Bykov V.) - the product is ambiguous. In a short time, two people from irreconcilable enemies turned into comrades, but then again became adversaries.

For now, there is a fight between two people. Ivan was stronger, he was choking the German and he was already wheezing, but at that moment a shell exploded above him. Voloka let go of the enemy, as fragments, dust, and slabs of the basement fell on them.

All this was described by the author in the first chapter of his story, which he gave the name of Bykov "One Night". The summary, after the story, goes to the second chapter.

In a stone bag

Voloka, waking up, felt that his body was chained, - it was filled with gravel and sand. Having freed himself, he began to search for an exit from the basement, but he was covered with stone debris and a brick because of the explosion. Ivan tried to push back the heavy plate, but it did not work out.

Voloka was sure that the Germans were no longer alive, but suddenly he saw the frightened eyes of the enemy, which was strewn with gravel. Here in such conditions settled the acting heroes of the story Vasil Bykov. One night is a short time for which each of them will be able to understand that the second person is the same person as he is - not bad at all.

At first, Ivan wanted to kill the enemy, as he had dealt with three Germans before. But in the lying helpless man could not shoot.

The German groaned, his feet were clamped by a concrete slab. Ivan felt sorry for the adversary, and with difficulty, he removed this weight from him. What does the Bulls (One Night) further say in his work? A summary of the next episode is given below.

Human compassion

The German sat down and began to examine his injured leg, from which blood flowed. He put on a handkerchief, but it quickly got wet. Then Voloka gave him his dressing bag. The enemy smiled at Ivan and thanked him in his own language.

While the German was bandaging his leg, Ivan examined it. He was a middle-aged man with bald head, wrinkles, stubble. He looked at the savior, but for a long time they could not look at each other, since the battle began again above, it was necessary to get out of the trap. This concludes the second chapter of his work Bykov - "One Night". The summary of this story continues to be stated further.

Almost friends

Ivan tried to push the top plate to get out of the basement, but it was impossible to do it alone. Then the German came to the rescue, and they tried to do it together, but they could not. But Voloka heard that the German knows Russian a little. He explained that he was taught this Russian girl.

Then Ivan shared with a new friend tobacco, they both lit up and met. The Germans were Fritz Hagemann, he was also a carpenter, like a Soviet soldier. It rallied the prisoners, there was another common theme for the conversation.

Now Ivan no longer had any more hatred for the German. He understood that he was the same person as he. Fritz showed his comrade in distress a photo, where his beautiful house, his wife and three children were seen.

Voloka suggested that Hageman should surrender when they get out, but he refused. He said he could be killed in the camp, that he does not want to go to Siberia. But Fritz condemned the war and Hitler, who started this bloodbath.

Voloka said that he was from the collective farm and began to dissuade the Germans from living poorly. Then the men again tried to disassemble the blockage, but the heavy fragment fell on Voloka.

Bykov, "One Night": a brief summary of the last chapter

The concrete block strongly crushed the soldier. In oblivion, it seemed to him that he was lying with his bare back against the thorny stubble and the sow is digging into his body. He also was very thirsty and someone gave the soldier a life-giving moisture. It was Fritz, who watered Ivan.

But after a while Voloka again fell into oblivion or fell asleep. When he came to, I felt that on my forehead there was a pleasant moist bandage. This Hageman took care of his comrade in misfortune. Ivan got up.

After that, they found an opening in the ceiling and climbed out. Suddenly Ivan heard a German speech - soldiers called Fritz. He ran to them. Ivan shouted Hageman, but he did not stop. Then Voloka gave him an automaton line, as the author writes, because Ivan did not want to "give this man his enemies." Fritz did not have a choice, he threw a grenade at his friend's friend, he fell, but managed to press the starting hook of the machine. The German fell dead.

Voloka remained alive and ran to his own. This ends his story Bykov. "One night" can be briefly retold that way. When you read the original and the short content, you understand even more clearly that wars in which people die are not to be. After all, on their own, most of them are good, in other circumstances they could become friends, but are forced to pursue and kill each other.