Few people have to endure as much suffering and torment as the hero of the story "All death is in vain." A summary can be summarized in a few words: a person became disabled, but did not give up and rebuilt fate.
Vladislav Andreevich Titov
This is the author of the story "To All Death to Spite." Summary written off from his own life. This man was born in the first half of the last century in a small village in the Lipetsk region. His whole family was engaged in peasant labor. Vladislav wanted, like many young people at that time, to become a pilot, but because of his health he was not fit for this profession. At the crossroads of fate, he caught the eye of an ad about recruiting for a mining college.
At that time, the miner's profession was quite monetary and respected. Vladislav began to master it diligently. For the profession, he went to Voroshilovgrad - now Lugansk, there was an excellent mining college. The young man graduated with success.
In fairness, it must be said that the scholarship of a student of the mining technical school was 340 rubles - an absolutely fantastic amount at that time.
Russian spirit
Tests of an initially strong character are described in the story "All deaths in spite." The summary contains a reference to the fact that the training in the mining technical college included a test descent into the mine. It was there, in complete darkness underground, that everyone decided for himself whether the path of a miner was within his power. Teachers did not hide from students that the risk to life is part of the profession, and that no one will blame anyone who leaves before the end of the course.
Vladislav did not leave. Moreover, the miners at that time worked half-lying, and instead of a jackhammer, coal was chipped with a shovel. To get up to full height did not allow the size of the shaft shaft. To this must be added the darkness scattered only by the light of mine lanterns, and forced ventilation. Work in such conditions every day could only hardy physically and spiritually strong people.
Fatal third shift
The story “All deaths in spite” is connected with the history of the whole land. The summary indicates that the tragedy of one person happened on the third shift, in the dead of night hours. Vladislav Titov had just descended underground and was replacing a friend in the face.
I heard a noise and saw what was happening at the same time. The coal trolley went off the rails and pierced the electric cable. The cable caught fire due to a short circuit . Fire runs through the cable, and then a powerful transformer. An explosion is inevitable.
And in the mine - two shifts, for all families, you know everyone ... Vladislav decided to turn off the transformer. Journalists in these cases write "at any cost."
Price of saved lives
The usual cases in these parts are described by Vladislav Titov. “All spite of death” (a summary) is dedicated to the unspoken price of coal - for every ton there are someone carried away by explosions of life. It is in all countries. Every miner knows that the warmth and comfort on earth is paid for by underground deaths. They know and still go down to the ground - otherwise everything will stop.
Like Vladislav, all miners rush to the rescue of other people - this is an integral part of the profession. The weak in spirit are not there.
Vladislav turned off the transformer, but took over six thousand volts. He remembered his feelings: as if a spider had sunk into all parts of the body with unbearable pain. The fact that the boot caught fire, he could no longer understand - everything hurt.
He was found by the drifters. The man was conscious, asked to drink, his shoes were on him, and he looked like a big piece of black coal.
True miracle
It is impossible to survive such an force after an electric shock. Fatal for a person is considered a current of more than 90 volts. At the time of the tragedy, Vladislav was only 20 years old, and he survived. How - no one knows. He was responsible for his parents and his beloved woman, whom he had already met by then. This is the eventual outline of the story, the author of which is Vladislav Titov (“To all deaths to spite”). The summary is silent about the physical suffering that this person had to endure. To save his life, he had to part with both hands - and not immediately, not in one day. Doctors tried to save their hands, but it all ended with amputation.
The man realized that he was becoming a deeply disabled person, sometimes he even asked his beloved woman to leave him, but a girlfriend turned out to be his match - she became a wife.
Outside the hospital
At the time of discharge, it seemed that all the worst was over. So thought Vladislav Titov. "To all deaths in spite" (summary) shows that much more difficult physical suffering was complete lack of demand and uselessness. Yes, his workmates remembered his feat and honored him as a man, but life - so different, hectic, full of news and events - passed by. What was a person to do for whom even the usual self-care for everyone became a problem? To dress, put on shoes, light a cigarette - all this without hands is impossible to do. The search for oneself is a feat more significant than overcoming physical pain.
Ability to write
The story “To all deaths to spite” (we give a brief summary) tells about the strength of spirit of a simple person. The writer’s wife noticed the moment when he understood his new possibilities. Titov turned the pages of books with his lips, and then began to do this with a pencil. A trace of the pencil remained on paper. So the man realized that he could write. But it is well said: to write. Almost a year separated him from the first point on paper to readable phrases. He went through what every first grader goes through: sticks and hooks, attempts to keep letters on one line, exercise books in a slanting line. He mastered the letter with a pencil gritted in his teeth.
Today, during the period of social networks and bionic prostheses, it is difficult to imagine all this. Such achievements of man are all the more valuable. Alone, supported only by his wife, a man was able to find a new place in life.
First post
Today, many people know who Vladimir Titov is. “To All Death to Spite” is a famous work. For the first time this amazing book was published in the Lipetsk region, where Titov was born.
Feedback on the publication exceeded all expectations. The home phone did not shut down. Letters flowed. People shared their everyday situations, asked for advice, just wanted to support and somehow help.
Vladislav decided to send his story to Moscow. The then editor of Yunost magazine was Boris Polevoy. It was he who decided to print the work without cuts, and in 1967 a huge country recognized the history of a heroic person.
Stronger than many healthy
After popular recognition, letters from all over the country were brought in by car - there were so many of them. Many told their bitter stories, realizing that this person will understand them better than others. They wrote healthy and disabled people. Desperate mothers wrote, stray men, young people choosing fate. For a huge number of people, the book “To All Death to Spite” was a real example of the fact that you can never despair, that there is always some way out, and that it is possible to bring benefits to people even with such injuries.
The story describes those who helped Titov remain human. This is a surgeon dedicated to his profession. A wife who literally substituted her shoulder in a moment of despair. A friend who became a man from a nearby hospital bed. Titov honestly describes everything experienced, and it is the truth of life that attracts people the most.
Moral choice
Today this story is rarely remembered. Vladislav wrote several other books, but this one (V. Titov, “To All Death to Spite”) remains the best moral monument.
At some point, you need to answer yourself the question of why to live. That is, literally - to live for wealth or for helping people? Of course, no one calls to make asceticism the meaning of existence. Material wealth makes life comfortable and gives freedom of choice of movement, occupation. But material abundance cannot replace the sense of need for people. For Titov, living meant benefiting people.
Current events in the world and in our country confirm the presence of a moral core in many of us. Feats are taking place, and there is endurance, and “dying for our own friends” is also about us.