The article concerns the features of Kondratiev’s artistic style. The genre, descriptive structure and plot principles of “Selizharovsky Trakt” are analysed to show the originality of the war picture, created by Kondratiev. The analysis of biografical and historical-literature context reveals external factors that has influenced the formation of an indivi­dual style of the writer. His creative work is presented in the historical perspective to answer the question why Kondratiev’s Greate Patriotic War image is so important today.