Graduate of MSTU Boris Lvovich Vannikov during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945)

This article presents a contextual biography of the people's Commissar of ammunition B.L. Vannikov. In the process of research, the main aspect is the socio-political conditions and historical events of a particular social epoch in which the individual acts. In the center-the work of B.L. Vannikov during the great Patriotic war. The novelty of the research consists in reconstructing the life history of one of the founders of the Soviet Military-industrial complex, in studying the historical society in which he took place as a professional during the years of military confrontation with Nazi Germany.