Soldier of an air defense at an air defense observation post on the roof of a residential building on Gorkiy street, Moscow

1941

Soldier of an air defense at an air defense observation post on the roof of a residential building on Gorkiy street, Moscow

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The anti-tank gun team under Sergeant Yurkov’s command at a firing position in a North Caucasian region

1942

The anti-tank gun team under Sergeant Yurkov’s command at a firing position in a North Caucasian region

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Guards Senior Sergeant Commander of the mortar crew of 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division B. Ibragimov.

1943

Guards Senior Sergeant Commander of the mortar crew of 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division B. Ibragimov.

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Naval infantrymen in Korabelnays suburb. Sevastopol

1944

Naval infantrymen in Korabelnays suburb. Sevastopol

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Before the Battle of Berlin, from right to left: Commander of the 1st Belorussian Front, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov, Commander of the Air Force, Air Chief Marshal A. Novikov, Member of the Military Council of the Front, Lieutenant General K. Telegin

1945

Before the Battle of Berlin, from right to left: Commander of the 1st Belorussian Front, Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov, Commander of the Air Force, Air Chief Marshal A. Novikov, Member of the Military Council of the Front, Lieutenant General K. Telegin

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Our project

The Russian Society of Military History (RSMH), the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of Russia (CA MD RF), the Russian State Documentary Film and Photo Archive (RSDFPA), ROSPHOTO, the Multimedia Art Museum of Moscow (MAMM), the Russian Cultural Foundation and the Victory Museum (Moscow), proudly present a unique collection of photographs taken during the time of the Great Patriotic War.

The project is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory of the Soviet Union and is intended to convey to a wide audience the evidences of the unparalleled feat of the Soviet people, who defended the freedom and independence of their Motherland.

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