The creator of the T-34 tank Mikhail Koshkin, mountain climber Mikhail Bobrov, Olympic champion Yuri Tyukalov, sculptor Mikhail Anikushin, composer Veniamin Basner did not perform ostentatious feats, but simply did their job, day after day bringing victory in the Great Patriotic War closer. Their destinies, like threads, intertwined into a single story of courage, talent and unbending will.