Is there a place for mercy in war? And is it possible to show mercy to the enemy in war? The text by V. N. Lyalin makes us think about these questions. Here the author raises the problem of showing mercy to the enemy.
In the text, the author talks about Mikhail Ivanovich Bogdanov, who in 1943 was sent to war to serve as a nurse. During one of the fiercest battles, Mikhail Ivanovich managed to protect the wounded from SS machine gunners. For the courage shown during the counterattack with the SS division, he was nominated for the Order of Glory by the battalion commissar. The next day after the battle, noticing the corpse German soldier lying in a ditch, Mikhail Ivanovich showed mercy by deciding to bury the German. The author shows us that despite the war, Mikhail Ivanovich was able to retain his humanity, not remaining indifferent to the enemy. Having learned about this case, the battalion commissar decided to cancel the orderly's nomination for the Order of Glory. However, for Mikhail Ivanovich it was important to act according to his conscience, and not to receive a reward.
have humanity in yourself and show mercy to the enemy.
I agree with the author’s position and am convinced that mercy has a place in war. After all, it doesn’t matter whether the enemy is dead or unarmed, he no longer poses any danger. I believe that Mikhail Ivanovich Bogdanov committed worthy deed, burying the body of a German soldier killed in a shootout. Very important in conditions brutal war be able to preserve your humanity and not let your heart grow cold.
The problem of showing mercy to the enemy is raised in the works of V. L. Kondratiev, Sashka,. Main character Sashka during German attack captured a German. At first, the German seemed like an enemy to him, but, looking closer, Sashka saw in him ordinary person, the same as himself. He no longer saw him as an enemy. Sashka promised the German his life, he said that Russians are not animals, they will not kill an unarmed person. He showed the German a leaflet that said that the prisoners were guaranteed life and return to their homeland. However, when Sashka brought the German to the battalion commander, the German did not tell him anything, and therefore the battalion commander gave Sashka the order to shoot the German. Sashka’s hand did not rise to the unarmed soldier, so similar to himself. Despite everything, Sashka retained his humanity. He did not become bitter and this allowed him to remain human. As a result, the battalion commander, after analyzing Sashka’s words, decided to cancel his order.
The problem of showing mercy to the enemy is touched upon in L. N. Tolstoy’s work, War and Peace. One of the heroes of the novel, the Russian commander Kutuzov, shows mercy to the French fleeing from Russia. He feels sorry for them, because he understands that they acted on Napoleon’s orders and in no case dared to disobey him. Speaking to the soldiers of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, Kutuzov says: We see that all soldiers are united not only by a feeling of hatred, but also by pity for the defeated enemy.
Thus, we can conclude that in war it is necessary to show mercy even to the enemy, no matter whether he is defeated or killed. A soldier is, first of all, a human being and must retain such qualities as mercy and humanity. They are the ones who allow him to remain human.
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War is undeniable terrible tragedy, which befell the Russian people. She forced our huge country unite against the enemy. A.P. Platonov in this text says that only thanks to responsiveness, mercy ordinary people Russia went through this terrible period. The writer poses the problem of showing compassion during war and helping one’s neighbor.
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Platonov is clearly visible in the above text. The author believes that only together can people resist the enemy. Responsiveness and love help a person pass even the most difficult tests. The writer talks about two boys who do hard work for their age. They soften the soil for a vegetable garden in order to feed those who remained in the village who were not taken by the Germans. But the Nazis did not need only old people and small children; the boys were left only because of illness: “We are alone and can still endure the work, but others do not have the strength - they are small children.” Heroes feel responsible for the lives of other people, therefore, despite their age, they work for everyone. And the main thing is that the little hard workers do not resist, they are driven by the desire to help their neighbors: “We have a desire: you see, we plow together and let the wind help us.”
After all, only together can people survive any difficulties.
In the work “Farewell of the Slavic Woman” Natalya Sukhinina describes hard life in the conditions of the Great Patriotic War. The children, whose father was taken to the front, were sheltered by their godmother. She herself had five children, but she still tenderly and lovingly accepted six children who had nowhere else to go. The mercy and warmth of this woman saved the lives of six people.
In the story by M.A. Sholokhov’s “The Fate of Man” raises the problem of not only the heroism of an ordinary Soviet soldier in war, but also the problem of preserving human feelings, willingness to help those who need it, cordiality and attentiveness to the weak and defenseless. Andrei Sokolov is an example of a real hero, capable of performing not only a military, but also a moral feat. By adopting the boy, he thereby saved his life, gave him hope and true fatherly love. I think that thanks to such people our country won such a terrible and bloody war with the fascists.
Thus, I believe that responsiveness and sensitivity towards others must be maintained in any, even the most difficult situations.
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Is there a place for mercy in war? And is it possible to show mercy to the enemy in war? The text by V.N. Lyalin makes us think about these questions. Here the author raises the problem of showing mercy to the enemy.
In the text, the author talks about Mikhail Ivanovich Bogdanov, who in 1943 was sent to war to serve as an orderly. In one of the fiercest battles, Mikhail Ivanovich managed to protect the wounded from SS machine gunners. For the courage shown during a counterattack with an SS division > he was presented with the Order of Glory commissar of the battalion. The next day after the battle, noticing the corpse of a German soldier lying in a ditch, Mikhail Ivanovich showed mercy by deciding to bury the German. The author shows us that despite the war, Mikhail Ivanovich was able to retain his humanity, not remaining indifferent to the enemy. Having learned about this case, the battalion commissar decided to cancel the orderly's nomination for the Order of Glory. However, for Mikhail Ivanovich it was important to act according to his conscience, and not to receive the award.
I agree with the author’s position and am convinced that mercy has a place in war. After all, it doesn’t matter whether the enemy is dead or unarmed, he no longer poses any danger. I believe that Mikhail Ivanovich Bogdanov committed a worthy act by burying the body of someone killed in a shootout German soldier. It is very important in the conditions of a brutal war to be able to preserve humanity within yourself and not let your heart grow cold.
The problem of showing mercy to the enemy is raised in the works of V.L. Kondratiev, Sashka, . The main character Sashka captured a German during a German attack. At first, the German seemed to be an enemy to him, but, looking closer, Sashka saw in him an ordinary person, the same like himself. He no longer saw him as an enemy. Sashka promised the German life, he said that the Russians were not animals, they would not kill an unarmed person. He showed the German a leaflet that said that prisoners were guaranteed life and a return to their homeland. However, when Sashka brought the German to the battalion commander, but the German did not tell him anything, and so the battalion commander gave Sashka the order to shoot the German. Sashka’s hand did not rise to the unarmed soldier, so similar to himself. Despite everything, Sashka retained his humanity. He did not become bitter. and this allowed him to remain human. As a result, the battalion commander, after analyzing Sashka’s words, decided to cancel his order.
The problem of showing mercy to the enemy is touched upon in the work of L.N. Tolstoy, War and Peace. One of the heroes of the novel, the Russian commander Kutuzov, shows mercy to the French fleeing Russia. He takes pity on them, because he understands that they acted on Napoleon’s orders and in no case dared to disobey him. Speaking to the soldiers of the Preobrazhensky Regiment, Kutuzov says: >. We see that all soldiers are united not only by a feeling of hatred, but also by pity for the defeated enemy.
Thus, we can conclude that in war it is necessary to show mercy even to the enemy, no matter whether he is defeated or killed. A soldier is, first of all, a human being and must retain such qualities as mercy and humanity. It is they that allow him to remain human.
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- Actions done out of mercy may seem absurd and senseless at first glance.
- A person can show mercy even in the most difficult situations
- Actions related to helping orphans can be called merciful
- Showing mercy often requires sacrifices from a person, but these sacrifices are always justified in some way
- People who show mercy are worthy of respect
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L.N. Tolstoy “War and Peace”. Natasha Rostova shows mercy - one of the most important human qualities. When everyone begins to leave Moscow, captured by the French, the girl orders that the carts be given to the wounded, and not carry her own things on them. Helping people is much more important for Natasha Rostova than material well-being. And it doesn’t matter to her at all that among the things that were to be taken away, the dowry is part of her future.
M. Sholokhov “The Fate of Man.” Andrei Sokolov, despite difficult life trials, did not lose the ability to show mercy. He lost his family and home, but could not help but pay attention to the fate of Vanyushka - little boy, whose parents died. Andrei Sokolov told the boy that he was his father and took him to his place. The ability to show mercy made the child happy. Yes, Andrei Sokolov did not forget his family and the horrors of war, but he did not leave Vanya in trouble. This means that his heart did not harden.
F.M. Dostoevsky “Crime and Punishment”. The fate of Rodion Raskolnikov is difficult. He lives in a miserable dark room, malnourished. After the murder of the old pawnbroker, his whole life resembles suffering. Raskolnikov is still poor: he hides what he took from the apartment under a stone, rather than taking it for himself. However latest hero gives it to Marmeladov’s widow for the funeral, cannot ignore the misfortune that has happened, although he himself has nothing to live on. Rodion Raskolnikov turns out to be capable of mercy, despite the murder and the terrible theory he created.
M.A. Bulgakov “The Master and Margarita”. Margarita is ready to do anything to see her Master. She makes a deal with the devil, agrees to be the queen at Satan's terrible ball. But when Woland asks what she wants, Margarita only asks that they stop giving Frida the handkerchief with which she gagged her own child and buried him in the ground. Margarita wants to save a complete stranger from suffering, and this is where mercy is manifested. She no longer asks for a meeting with the Master, because she cannot help but take care of Frida and get past the grief of others.
N.D. Teleshov “Home”. Little Semka, the son of settlers who died of typhus, most of all wants to return to his native village of Beloye. The boy escapes from the barracks and hits the road. On the way he meets an unfamiliar grandfather, they walk together. Grandfather also goes to his native land. On the way, Semka falls ill. Grandfather takes him to the city, to the hospital, although he knows that he cannot go there: it turns out that this is the third time he has escaped from hard labor. There the grandfather is caught, and then sent back to hard labor. Despite the danger to himself, grandfather shows mercy towards Semka - he cannot abandon a sick child in trouble. One’s own happiness becomes less significant for a person than the life of a child.
N.D. Teleshov “Elka Mitricha”. On Christmas Eve, Semyon Dmitrievich realized that everyone would have a holiday, except for eight orphans living in one of the barracks. Mitrich decided to please the guys at all costs. Although it was hard for him, he brought a Christmas tree and bought fifty dollars worth of candy, given by the resettlement official. Semyon Dmitrievich cut each of the guys a piece of sausage, although for him sausage was his favorite delicacy. Sympathy, compassion, mercy prompted Mitrich to do this act. And the result turned out to be truly wonderful: joy, laughter, and enthusiastic screams filled the previously gloomy room. The children were happy from the holiday he organized, and Mitrich from the fact that he did this good deed.
I. Bunin “Lapti”. Nefed could not help but fulfill the wish of the sick child, who kept asking for some red bast shoes. Despite the bad weather, he went on foot for bast shoes and magenta to Novoselki, located six miles from home. For Nefed, the desire to help the child was more important than ensuring his own safety. He turned out to be capable of self-sacrifice - in a sense highest degree mercy. Nefed died. The men brought him home. A bottle of magenta and new bast shoes were found in Nefed’s bosom.
V. Rasputin “French Lessons”. For Lydia Mikhailovna, teacher French, the desire to help his student turned out to be more important than preserving his own reputation. The woman knew that the child was malnourished, which is why she played for money. So she invited the boy to play for money with her. This is unacceptable for a teacher. When the director found out about everything, Lydia Mikhailovna was forced to leave for her homeland, to Kuban. But we understand that her act is not bad at all - it is a manifestation of mercy. The seemingly unacceptable behavior of the teacher actually conveyed kindness and care for the child.
In the summer of 2011 I had the good fortune to meet two extraordinary people- Kirill Vasilyevich Zakharov and Mikhail Fedorovich Khudoleev, war veterans. Kirill Vasilyevich survived the blockade, then fought, liberated Ukraine, and ended the war in Berlin. Mikhail Fedorovich was a sailor during the war, took part in the legendary Tallinn crossing, his tanker (No. 12) was bombed, but he managed to escape: he sailed for two hours to the island of Gogland.
There was a lot in their stories that struck me. And the terrible suffering they experienced together with our people during the war. And their unbending courage. But most of all - amazing mercy.
Kirill Vasilyevich’s brother, Mikhail Vasilyevich Zakharov, who served on a destroyer, died during the Tallinn crossing. Kirill Vasilyevich spent the most terrible months of the blockade in Leningrad. He remembers how a German plane was shot down and fell straight into the Tauride Garden; remembers the corpses of German pilots. He talked about the famine he experienced in the fall and winter of 1942. What saved him was that he went to work at the factory. At the end of the winter of 1942, he was taken to Mainland on ice Lake Ladoga. He told how they were loaded into cars, how the car that went in front of them came under German bombing and fell through the ice, how things and people floated in the ice mess, trying to escape, but alas...
He remembered all this: his dead brother, his friends and relatives who died of hunger, and those who drowned in Ladoga. And throughout the war he was burned by one thought and desire: he imagined how he would take revenge when he reached Berlin.
And here he is in Berlin. April 20th, 1945. There are battles for every street, every house. Our soldiers are dying. One day, when the fire died down for a while, Kirill Vasilyevich decided to refresh himself: in the morning there was not a crumb in his mouth - the battles were so intense. He walked into the gateway of one house, unwrapped his ration... And suddenly he saw the sewer manhole cover rising, an elderly German, exhausted from hunger, appeared in front of him and pointed to his mouth: he said, I want to eat. And Kirill Vasilyevich... broke off a piece from his ration and gave it to him. Then another German appeared from somewhere, young, also exhausted from hunger. Kirill Vasilievich shared with him. In general, that day he was left without lunch.
Revenge did not take place. And he doesn’t regret it at all.
Now, despite his very advanced years, Kirill Vasilyevich is still working. Engaged in perpetuating the memory of those killed during the Tallinn transition. Last year, through the efforts of the surviving participants on the Frunzensky wall naval school(St. Petersburg) was installed Memorial plaque- at the expense of veterans and relatives of the victims: the state, as often happens now, did not have the money for this.
Currently, Kirill Vasilyevich and his associates are seeking to erect a monument to the participants of the Tallinn transition in St. Petersburg.
Listening to him, I remembered the words of L.N. Tolstoy from the novel “War and Peace”: “Good for the people who, in a moment of trial, without asking how others acted according to the rules similar cases“, with simplicity and ease, he picks up the first club he comes across and nails it with it until in his soul the feeling of insult and revenge is replaced by contempt and pity.” And there were a lot of such cases. Why did the Germans resist so fiercely when the war was already obviously lost? They were afraid that our people would treat them the same way they treated us. And how shocked they were when they met humane and merciful attitude from the outside Soviet soldiers and officers, when after the capture of Berlin it was ordered to feed everyone (in the occupied territory of the USSR, the Germans, in principle, fed only those who worked for them). And here is the answer to the question: why did we win? Thanks to the will and faith, the strength of spirit of the Russian people, rooted in centuries of Orthodox life. I remember the words of Shamil in a letter to Alexander II: “Sovereign, you defeated me not only by force of arms. You defeated me with your generosity and mercy." And it is no coincidence that Olga Berggolts spoke about humanity being saved from death in the war. Having gone through the most difficult trials, we still remained people who internally valued Orthodox values, despite their external temporary prohibition. This paradox was clearly defined by Alexander Tvardovsky in his poem “Vasily Terkin”:
Into battle, forward, into the pitch fire,
He goes, holy and sinful,
Russian miracle man.
