Description of the combat path of the 173 rifle division for 1943-1945. - original images

Original image: The infantrymen under Orsha were carefully preparing to break through the defense, they were engaged together with the self-propelled guns

Original image: At school before the breakthrough of the defense near Orsha

Original image: Soldiers stubbornly master military knowledge in breaks between battles

Original image: Bridge on the Vitebsk-Orsha highway, blown up by the Germans while retreating

Original image: The village of Babichi (Vitebsk region), burned down by the German fascist invaders. The villagers were driven to hard labor in Germany

Original image: Artillery Hero Battery Commander Captain Buts

Original image: From Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel - such is the glorious combat path of Nikolai Ivanovich Rabichev - deputy commander of the 979th artillery regiment for combat units, who passed the entire combat path with the division

Original image: The commander of the 1313th Rifle Minsk Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Yarovoy Ivan Dmitrievich, who appears more than once in difficult moments of battle in the combat formations of his units

Original image: The favorite of soldiers and officers, the division commander Colonel Zaitsev Mikhail Ivanovich Died of severe wounds on February 22, 1944.

Original image: Everything that remains of the town of Rossasna (Vitebsk region)

Original image: The village of Sysoevo (Smolensk region), burned by the Germans during the retreat

Original image: A brave soldier Red Army soldier Sidorenko, who destroyed 15 German fascist soldiers with the fire of his machine gun in one battle alone

Original image: Commander of the 979th Artillery Regiment of the Guards Major Medyanov Gleb Evgenievich

Original image: Commander of the 1313th Rifle Minsk Order of Kutuzov, 3rd degree regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Balyanov

Original image: Commander of the 1315th Rifle Minsk Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Golubev