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Chief of the Political Department of the 186th Rifle Division of the Western Front, Lieutenant Colonel D. Nelepa (right), participant of the fighting near Brest in June 1941, is thanking the Deputy Chief of the Political Department and assistant for the Komsomol. Kalinin Front, 1942-1943
Батальонный комиссар 6 Краснознамённой стрелковой дивизии, участник боёв в районе г. Бреста в июне 1941 г. Таркакнов П.С. (2-й справа) среди офицеров Красной армии. Харьковская область, г. Чугуев, июль 1943 г.
Разведчик Костя отряда имени Н.Т.Шиша бригады имени В.М.Молотова Пинского партизанского соединения. Белоруссия, 1943–1944 гг.
Полковник политотдела 62 Брест-Литовского укреплённого района, участник боёв в районе г. Бреста в июне 1941 г. Кокин Ф.Л. (2-й слева с тросточкой). Свердловская область, март 1943 г.
Партизаны отряда имени А.В.Сувоврова бригады имени В.М.Молотова Пинского соединения. Белоруссия, март 1943 г.
Стоянка партизанского отряда имени А.В.Сувоврова бригады имени В.М.Молотова Пинского соединения. Белоруссия, 1943 г.
Штаб партизанского отряда имени Н.Т.Шиша бригады имени В.М.Молотова Пинского партизанского соединения. Белоруссия, Кобринский район, 1943 г.
Commander of the 51st Army Lieutenant General Ya. Kreizer (in the center with a map at the car). 1943-1945
Капитан Зубченко А.И. у мишени после стрельбы из револьвера. 4-й Украинский фронт, июнь 1943 г.
Officers of the 51st Army. 1943-1945
Commander of the 51st Army, Lieutenant General Ya. Kreuzer (in the center) with officers. 1943-1945
Adjutant of the Commander of the 51st Army, Lieutenant General Ya. Kreuzer Captain A. Zubchenko (a participant in the fighting in the area of the town of Malorita in Belarus in June 1941) at the stuck car. The Southern Front, 1943
Officers of the 51st Army. 1943-1945
Commander of the 51st Army, Lieutenant General Ya. Kreuzer (in the center). 1943-1945
Officers and soldiers of the 51st Army. 1943-1945
После прорыва блокады. У магазина вывешивают объявления о новых нормах выдачи хлеба
Партизаны отряд имени М.Н.Чернака. Белоруссия, 1943 г.
Партизаны отряда имени А.В.Суворова бригады имени М.В.Молотова Пинского соединения за разработкой Закозельской операции. Белоруссия, 1943 г.
Партизанское орудие в отряде имени А.В.Суворова бригады имени В.М.Молотова Пинского соединения. Белоруссия, 1943 г.
Диверсионная группа партизанского отряда имени А.В.Суворова бригады имени В.М.Молотова Пинского соединения. Белоруссия, 1943 г.
Под знаменем полка. Август 1943 г.
Кардатов А.М. у Мамаева кургана. 1943 г.
Герой Советского Союза Мусатов Илья Иванович (в центре)
Defenders of the accused: Kommodov, Kaznacheev, Basov at session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
The Secretary of the Tribunal Captain of Justice Kandybin is reading the indictment at the session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
Writer A. Tolstoy at the session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
Writer L. Leonov at one of the sessions of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
Writers K. Simonov and I. Ehrenburg at one of the sessions of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
The interrogation of the defendant G. Reclama at a session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
The interrogation of the defendant R. Langfeld at a session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
The interrogation of the defendant Lieutenant G. Ritz at a session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
Defendants (right to left): Captain V. Langfeld, Senior Corporal R. Retslav, Gestapo driver M. Bulanov, Lieutenant G. Ritz at a session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
General view of the courtroom of the Kharkov trial of German war criminals
Заседание партийной комиссии стрелковой бригады под г. Таганрогом
On the eve of the Battle of Orel
Meeting of fighters of the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts during the operation to break the blockade
Snipers of the unit of senior lieutenant F. D. Lunin conduct volley fire at enemy aircraft
Disembarkation from the armored train "For the Motherland" of the Black Sea landing. Rostov
A volley of BM-13 (“Katyusha”). Orel-Kursk region
Mine clearance unit on Dzerzhinsky square in liberated Kharkov
Mine clearance unit on Dzerzhinsky square in liberated Kharkov
Soviet armourer loads a bomb on a plane with the inscription "For father and mother" (Ukraine)
A company of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade preparing for military exercises (Ukraine)
Sergeant Major Trifonov in his native village (Kharkov region)
Czechoslovak non-commissioned officer at the well (Ukraine)
Officers and soldier of the Czechoslovak Вrigade at the captured motorcycle (Ukraine)
On the street of liberated city (Ukraine)
On the street of liberated city (Ukraine)
On the street of liberated city (Ukraine)
On the street of liberated city (Ukraine)
On the street of liberated city (Ukraine)
Lieutenant General I. Chernyakhovsky, Commander of the 60th Army
Apprentice fitter V. Lebedev (front) works at a shop of a Soviet plant, 1943. Photo by Vasily Baidalov/TASS
Machine gunners of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade (Ukraine)
Machine gunners of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade performing maintenance of a Maxim machine gun of the 1910 model (Ukrain
Soviet military commander Gleb Baklanov (R) studies a map with officers at the division command post, Stalingrad, 1943. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov/TASS
Расчет советского противотанкового орудия и подбитый немецкий танк "Пантера" во время одного из боев
Female soldiers of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade (Ukraine)
Female soldiers of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade (Ukraine)
Soldiers of the Czechoslovak brigade mortar crew commanded by Captain Koll of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Infantry brigade fight on the Voronezh Front, October 1943. Photo by Alexander Arhipov/TASS
Sniper Maria Lelkhova of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Infantry Brigade of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak infantry battalion, 1943. Photo by Alexander Arhipov/TASS
Detachment of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade involved in military training (Ukraine)
A company of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade preparing for military exercises (Ukraine)
Company of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade preparing for military exercises (Ukraine)
Company of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade preparing for military exercises (Ukraine)
Red Army soldiers prepare improvised dog-drawn carts to transport the wounded to a military hospital, Orel Region, 1943
Killed German soldier
Killed German soldier
German military cemetery in Stalingrad. Killed German soldier
German military cemetery in Stalingrad. Killed German soldier
Командиры и офицеры одной из частей Красной Армии во время обсуждения хода проведения танковой операции
Soviet anti-aircraft gunners have a brief meal aboard a warship during a military campaign at the Black Sea, 1943. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS
Captured Chief of the Medical Service of the 6th army, General Staff-Arzt Otto Renoldi
Captured Chief of the Medical Service of the 6th army, General Staff-Arzt Otto Renoldi
Механо-сборочный цех Сталинградского тракторного завода имени Ф. Э. Дзержинского
A view of 130 mm/50 Soviet naval guns in an assembly shop of the Leningrad Bolshevik State Plant, Leningrad, 1943. Photo by Semyon Nordshteyn/TASS
Captured Commander of the 295th infantry division Major General Otto Cortese
Captured Commander of the 295th infantry division Major General Otto Cortese
Морской бой
Советский партизан на Кавказе
Советские бойцы в перерыве между атаками противника
Soviet fighter pilots Georgy Burenko, Victor Tabunov, Semyon Lyavshenko, Nestor Danovatsky (L-R), Rostov Region, 1943. Photo by Emmanuil Yevzerikhin/TASS
Local people return to homes after liberation of their village from Nazi invaders, Smolensk Region, April 1943. Photo by Mark Redkin/TASS
Red Army infantrymen attacking the enemy, 1943
Captured commander of the 389th infantry division, Major General Erich Magnus
Captured Commander of the 44th infantry division, Lieutenant General Heinrich Debois
Captured Commander of the 44th infantry division, Lieutenant General Heinrich Debois
Captured Commander of the German 6th field army Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus
Captured Commander of the German 6th field army Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus
Captured Commander of the German 6th field army Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus
Участники партизанского движения
Soviet artillerymen in the Belgorod region
Бойцы Красной Армии во время переправы через реку в ходе наступления на Северо-Западном фронте
Советские артиллеристы во время уличного боя, Мелитополь
Soviet partisan unit meets villagers, 1943. Photo by Mikhail Trakhman/TASS
Captured Commander of the German 6th field army Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus
Captured Commander of the German 6th field army Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus
Captured Commander of the 51st army corps, General of artillery Walter von Seidlitz
Captured Commander of the German 6th field army Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus
Cameraman A. Kazakov films the captured Commander of the 376th infantry division, Lieutenant General Alexander von Daniels
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Vehicle inspection (Ukraine)
Vehicle inspection (Ukraine)
Kicksled. Near Levashovo railroad station
Cameraman A. Kazakov films the surrendered commander of the 6th Field Army Field Marshal F. Paulus
Search for the enemy in the destroyed factory floor (Stalingrad)
Search for the enemy in the destroyed factory floor (Stalingrad)
Captured German truck (Stalingrad)
Жительницы, которых немецко-фашистские оккупанты собирались угнать на работы в Германию
Captured German truck
At the dressing in the hospital. 1941-1943
Brigadier of the front brigade V.R. Shpyrkov, milling machine operator. 1943 Kazan
Front brigade of Fafurina. 1943-1944 Kazan
Classes at the Republican School of PVCO: removal of victims from the lesion site of the SOV. 1943
A Georgian fighter, 1943. Photo by Max Alpert/TASS
Red Army soldiers counter-attack in a battle, Krasnodar region, 1943. Photo by Max Alpert/TASS
Soviet soldiers make their way through river floodplains, Krasnodar Region, 1943. Photo by Max Alpert/TASS
Local children Nikolai, Anna and Taisiya Tsukanovy at the ruins of their burnt house in the village of Oktyabrskoye, Kursk Region, 1943
Soldier with flamethrower, 1943. Photo by Georgy Konovalov/TASS
A group of Leningrad residents standing by a loudspeaker tower in Nevsky Avenue, 1943. Photo by Georgy Konovalov/TASS
A view of a street after liberation of the city from Nazi German troops, April 1943. Photo by Leonid Velikzhanin/TASS
Soldiers and officers of the Volkhov and Leningrad Fronts meet and hug after the Siege of Leningrad, January 1943. Photo by Semyon Nordshtein/TASS
Передача боевого самолета 1943 год.
Молотьба хлеба в звене М.И. Илюхиной. 1943 г. Пензенская область.
Колонна военнопленных из 8-й итальянской армии
Nurse S. Kapralova reads a Pravda newspaper for the wounded soviet soldiers in a field hospital of the Leningrad Front, 1943. Photo by Boris Utkin/TASS
A road across the frozen Lake Ladoga which allowed to deliver food supplies and munition to besieged Leningrad, 1943. Photo by Rafail Mazelev/TASS
Морские летчики 63-й тяжелобомбардировочной авиационной бригады дальнего действия во время обеда
Soviet infantrymen storm a village occupied by Nazi German troops, 1943. Photo by Leonid Velikzhanin/TASS
Soldiers of a rifle unit battle for liberation of a village occupied by Nazi German troops, 1943. Photo by Leonid Velikzhanin/TASS
Member of the Soviet partisan (guerrilla) movement, Ukraine, 1943. Photo by Yakov Davidzon/TASS
Рабочие Старокраматорского машиностроительного завода во время уничтожения вывески промышленного концерна "Фридрих Крупп АГ"
Младший лейтенант Николай Киселев у сбитого им девятого немецкого самолета
Рабочие во время ремонта оборудования на одном из заводов города после освобождения его от немецко-фашистских захватчиков
Крестьяне передают хлеб партизанам
Школьники освобожденного пункта Старица Н. Белов и П. Башилов (слева направо) во время сдачи собранных ими немецких трофеев
Жители города после освобождения его от немецко-фашистских оккупантов, Ростов-на-Дону
Советские солдаты во время боя на железнодорожной станции
Школьники во время посещения в госпитале раненых бойцов Красной Армии
A group of creative professionals on their way on the front line, 1943. Photo by Georgy Konovalov. TASS
A Soviet nurse carries a wounded soldier from the battlefield, 1943. Photo by Georgy Konovalov. TASS
Two guerrilla, May 1943. Photo by Mikhail Trakhman.TASS
Pilots of the 46 Female Taman aviation regiment, May 1943. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldey. TASS
Residents of the city fortify a building of the Guardhouse in Sennaya Square near the Dormition Church after a Nazi German air raid during the Siege of Leningrad, 1943. Photo by Rafail Mazelev. TASS
Soldiers watch a concert
Санинструктор Катя Михайлова на передовой
Medical orderly Katya (Ekaterina) Demina
Medical orderly Katya (Ekaterina) Demina on the front line
Medical orderly Katya (Ekaterina) Demina on the front line
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
In Kirovograd
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Life during the war. Ukrainian SSR
Machine gunners
Enjoying a little rest. Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Il aircraft ready for the takeoff
Il aircraft ready for the takeoff. Novorossiysk
Repairing Destroyer Besposchadnyi (lit. “Merciless”)
Film director Grigory Alexandrov and actress Lyubov Orlova on the set of A Family
Sniper Yelizaveta “Liza” Mironova, 19 years old
Sniper Yelizaveta “Liza” Mironova, 19 years old
Serafima Amosova, the deputy commander of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, gives a combat mission
Pilot Evdokia Bershanskaya
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment near a dugout
Marina Chechneva and Serafima Amosova, pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilot Lydia Litvyak
Zharova, a dispatcher at the headquarters of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Portraits of Khiuaz (Katya) Dospanova and Evgenia Zhigulenko, pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Mechanic
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Soviet crew operating the Vickers .50 machine gun with a 12.7 mm round.
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Night combat. Kerch
Funeral of a comrade in arms. Kerch
Sea song. Soviet destroyer Besposhchadny (lit. Merciless). Sevastopol
Anti-aircraft gunners. Northern Fleet
Soviet crew operating the four-guns mounted Vickers .50 machine gun with a 12.7 mm round.
Soviet crew operating the four-gun mounted Vickers .50 machine gun with a 12.7 mm round.
“The enemy has run away”
Mourning the dead
Mikhail Greshilov
Pre-flight session
Pre-flight session
Pre-flight session
Ice-covered submarine
Курсант 3-го Саратовского военного училища бронетранспортеров и бронемашин
Вручение наград танкистам танковой бригады под командованием подполковника Бачакашвили.
Танкисты подразделения лейтенанта Султанова
Pilots of the 46th Guards Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Enjoying a little free time. Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Portraits of pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Portrait of Natalya Meklin, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Portraits of pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Portraits of pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. Novorossiysk
The all-female 46th Aviation Regiment receives the Guards banner
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. Novorossiysk
Мазя Андрей Антонович, танкист
Portrait of Evdokia Nikulina, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Portrait of Vera Belik, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Navigator Elena Salikova and pilot Anna Vysotskaya. Novorossiysk
Navigator Glafira (Irina) Kashirina and pilot Maria Nikitina (left to right). Novorossiysk
After liberation. Novorossiysk
Submarines. Batumi
Bodies of people shot by the firing squad in the prison courtyard. Rostov-on-Don
Bodies of people shot by a firing squad in the prison courtyard. Rostov-on-Don
Mikhail Avdeev, Captain of the 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, and US pilots at Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Soviet tanks ready to go. Krasnodar Krai
Soviet tanks ready to go. Krasnodar Krai
Soviet tanks ready to go. Krasnodar Krai
Семья танкистов Мироновых
The ground seen below the Polikarpov Po-2. Novorossiysk
Unnamed. Utrish Island
U-2 aircraft. Novorossiysk
U-2SP aircraft used by the 26th Female Aviation Regiment
U-2SP aircraft. Novorossiysk
Po-2 aircraft used by the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. Novorossiysk
Paratrooper with a squeezebox. Novorossiysk. 1943
Mir Jafar Baghirov armored train. Baku
Mir Jafar Baghirov armored train. Baku
Steam locomotive driver Gulyam Gasanova. Baku
Steam locomotive driver Gulyam Gasanova. Baku
Women in the rear. At the drilling derrick. Baku
Photographer Evgeny Khaldei and actress Lyubov Orlova. Baku
Photographer Evgeny Khaldei and actress Lyubov Orlova. Baku
Actress Lyubov Orlova on the set of the film “A family”. Baku
Film director Grigory Alexandrov and actors Khosrov Melikov and Lyubov Orlova on the set of the film “A family”. Baku
Film director Grigory Alexandrov and actress Lyubov Orlova on the set of the film “A family”
On the set of the film “A family”
Film director Grigory Alexandrov and actress Lyubov Orlova on the set of the film “A family”
Captain Drapushko’s battery
Actress Lyubov Orlova. Baku
Monument to Eduard Totleben
Actress Lyubov Orlova. Baku
Actress Lyubov Orlova. Baku
Young women
Village after German withdrawal. Krasnodar Krai
Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General Alexander Skvortsov. Veteran of the Civil and the Great Patriotic War, Commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Division
Tent city for builders
Unnamed. Moscow, 1943
Tent city for builders
Naval commander Filipp Oktyabrsky and Divisional Commissioner Nikolai Kulakov, a Military Council member, with pilots
In the destroyed Stalingrad
Military equipment
Major L. Korsapovsky, Komsomol leader of the Hammer and Sickle Plant (Moscow Metallurgical Plant), is given another award for military merits.
Brigade of builders and members of the group of Komsomolskaya Pravda journalists working on the ground. 1943
Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel G. Zimin, Commander of the 240th Nevelskaya Fighter Air Force Division
Lieutenant General A. Bogolyubov with the dogs nicknamed Smelyi (Courageous) and Vernyi (Faithful)
Commander of the 1st Guards Army, Lieutenant General V. Kuznetsov, Members of the Military Council, Colonel I. Kolupaev and Brigadt Commissar I. Rybinsky
Lieutenant General V. Kuznetsov, Commander of the 1st Guards Army of the third formation
The crew of the tank "Comrade-in-arms"
Anti-aircraft gunners
People's Commissar of the Navy of the USSR, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the USSR, Fleet Admiral N. Kuznetsov (far left) on a boat at the time of departure of one of the vessels of the Black Sea Fleet
Freight trains
Tank cars
Factory in ruins
Factory in ruins
Finding temporary shelter in downed planes in the ruined city.
Autoroad to the city
Stalingrad in ruins
Finding temporary shelter in downed planes in the ruined city
Factory in ruins.
I. Erenburg on the Roads of War
On the platform
Member of the group of Komsomolskaya Pravda journalists working on the ground
Factory in ruins
Factory in ruins
Factory in ruins
Tank car
Factory in ruins
Builders’ camp
Girls’ team with a banner
Factory in ruins
Remnants of the Stalingrad Tractor Plant
Young heroes
Factory in ruins
Builders’ camp
Victory Day Salute on May 9, 1945
Double Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov, after receiving of the second Gold Star medal of Hero of the Soviet Union
The crew of the bomber PE-2
Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov sitting in a chair in a full dress uniform with awards
The 4th Air Forces Army. From left to right: Deputy Commander Naumenko, Chief of the Political Directorate F. Verov, Commander-in-chief K. Vershilin, representative of the Supreme Command A. Novikov
Interrogation of F. Paulus. Commander of the German 6th Army
Delegation of workers from Kazakh SSR
From left to right: Lieutenant General P. Batov, Major General K. Telegin, Lieutenant General V. Kazakov, Colonel General K. Rokossovsky, Lieutenant General A. Rodin, Major General G. Orel, Major General V. Kryukov standing in the snow outside the house
Commander of the 3rd Guards Tank Corps, Lieutenant General P.A. Rotmistrov
Friendly football match between Soviet and British pilots
At the Command Post of Central Front. From left to right: Commander-in-chief Gen-eral of Army K. Rokossovsky, Colonel Ioffe, Major General K. Telegin, Lieutenant General M. Malinin
Commander-in-chief of the Steppe Front, Colonel General I. Konev (right) and his Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General M. Zakharov at the map of combat operations
Commander of the 5th Guards Tank Army, Lieutenant General P. Rotmistrov (center), Chief of Army's Staff Major General V. Baskakov (2nd right)
Interrogation of Field Marshal Paulus. From left to right: Colonel General K. Ro-kossovsky, Marshal of Artillery N. Voronov, interpreter Major N. Dyatlenko, Field Marshal Paulus
The Staff of the Central Front
A. Vasilevsky (sitting in the car) and A.I Rakutin, Major General on special assign-ments of Vasilevsky
A. Vasilevsky (center) with a group of generals and officers at his airplane
Air attack
Liberated Shlisselburg
Defenders of Leningrad
Destroyed Stalingrad.
Field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.
Those who build a new Stalingrad.
A tent city for builders.
A tent city for builders.
Cameraman.
Military equipment.
In destroyed Stalingrad.
Walking through destroyed Stalingrad
Military equipment.
Chelyabinsk’s Komsomol youth – for Stalingrad.
Paulus’ House.
Those who build a new Stalingrad.
Ruins of Stalingrad Tractor Plant.
Adolescent.
Field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.
A tent city for builders.
Ruins of Stalingrad Tractor Plant.
Field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.
A tent city for builders.
Young man.
On the way to Stalingrad.
Ruined Stalingrad.
House-to-house fighting.
Destroyed Stalingrad
Chelyabinsk’s Komsomolyouth – for Stalingrad.
Destroyed city.
Builders’ brigade and field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.
On the streets of liberated Shlisselburg
Young heroes.
In the destroyed city. Stalingrad.
Senior Lieutenant A.I. Chaadaev and Sergeant S. Mammadov were among the first with their units to cross the Dnieper south of Gomel, they both were wounded on the west bank
P.Kovcheg (on the left) and A. Phasakhov scouting
Senior Sergeants M. Kozlov and A. Misheryakov scouting
Reconnaissance Scouts at a settlement
Junior Lieutenant D. Chmyr's Scouts fighting
Guards Scouting Senior Lieutenant F. Ermolin as a motorcyclist. The Southwestern Front, the 1st Cavalry Motorized Corps, the 3rd Brigade
Lieutenant P. Poslavsky's scouts carry out reconnaissance in a settlement. The 3rd Ukrainian Front, the 37th Army, the 34th corps, the 333rd Cavalry Division, 1120th Cavalry Regiment
The conversation of the writer I.G. Ehrenburg (on the left) with the French colonel of the air division "Normandy" Pouyarde. Oryol region 1943
Pilot of the "Normandie-Niemen" regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union Pierre Pouyade with the Order of the Red Banner
In liberated Makiivka
Red Army soldiers entering Stalino
Captive. Ukraine
Unloading steamships of the allies
Pilots of the regiment "Normandie-Neman" at the airfield
French pilots are sitting at the woodpile. From left to right: Lieutenant Roland de la Poype; Lieutenant Albert Duran; Major, Squadron Commander Jean-Louis Tyumyan; Lieutenant Marcel Albert; Lieutenant Joseph Risso. "Normandy-Neman" squadron
A French pilot and two Red Army soldiers are standing by a combat aircraft. Regiment "Normandie-Niemen"
Командующий ВВС РККА Маршал авиации А.А. Новиков (2-й слева) вручает правительственные награды французским летчикам
Air Force Commander of the Red Army Air Marshal A.A. Novikov (3rd from right) presents the award to the French pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Roland de la Poype
Allies. A Soviet aircraft technician and an American pilot
Soldiers between battles. Novorossiysk
“Hello my nearest and dearest”. Karachev
“Hello my nearest and dearest”. Karachev
Fascists shooting civilians before retreat. Rostov-on-don prison
Pilots of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment at the frontline dugout. Gelendzhik
In captured Taganrog
Hearth and home.
Returning home. 1943.
Academician Nikolay Burdenko. 1943
In a rural school. 1943
Gunner's Mate at the weapon. Lisy Nos. The 18th Artillery Battalion, Battery 343
Officers as road builders of the Leningrad front after awards and decorations presentation. Leningrad front
Группа восхождения на Эльбрус воинов-альпинистов для снятия немецких флагов и водружения советских
A.I. Gryaznov, L.G. Korotaev and N.P. Persiyaninov, participants of the Battle for Elbrus, removing the flag of Nazi Germany and planting Soviet flag
Lieutenants A.V. Bagrov and N.N. Persiyaninov climbing Elbrus
Lieutenant A.V. Bagrov and Lieutenant A. A. Nemchinov with the flag of the USSR on the summit of Elbrus
Our goal is Kiev! Crossing the Dniepr
Khreshchatyk in ruins. Kiev
Штурмовая группа Закавказского фронта по установке советских флагов вместо немецких на Эльбрусе
Tragedy near Kiev
Members of the mountaineering group before climbing to the peaks of Elbrus to install the flags of the USSR
Marshal Georgy Zhukov in liberated Kiev
Boris Grachev, Senior Lieutenant, participant of the operation for removing the flags of Nazi Germany from the peaks of the Caucasus and planting Soviet flags
Assault crossing of the Dnieper
Georgy (Jury) Odnoblyudov, climber, participant of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus
A. Gusev and L. Kels, climbers, participants of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus
Members of the team which tore down the flags of Nazi Germany from the summit of Mount Elbrus, A. Griasnov, L. Korotaev, N. Persiyanov
Lieutenant Nicolay Gusak, chief of the team that removed the German and installed the Soviet flags on the Western top of Elbrus
Soviet flag on the Western summit of Elbrus (5633 m)
Captured weapons by Mount Elbrus (Hotu-Tau pass)
The Battle for Elbrus has begun (A group of climbers on a snowy slope)
The grave of a fascist huntsman on the saddle of Elbrus (5320 m)
Братья Габриэль и Бекну Хергиани, партизаны, участники операции по снятию фашистских и установке советских флагов на Эльбрусе
Николай Моренец, участник операции «Эльбрус 1943» по снятию немецких и установке советских флагов на Эльбрусе
Yevgeny Beletsky, Honored Master of Sports, participant of the operation for removing the flags of Nazi Germany from the summit of Mount Elbrus and planting Soviet flags
Vladislav Lubenets, Senior Lieutenant, participant of the operation for removing the flags of Nazi Germany from the summit of Mount Elbrus and planting Soviet flags
A group of soldiers and commanders of the 414 Anapa Infantry Division who made a mark in the battles for the liberation of Taman: from left to right - Sergeant Gaygadze, Lieutenant Liagawa, Captain Tsulukadze and Lieutenant A.S. Kvaratskhelia, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Southwestern Front. Assistant commanding officer Ya. F. Lyashko
Fighting near Stalingrad
Partisan. 1943.
Scouts of the N-unit petty officer class II V.A.Sunyaykin and Sergeant I.S. Muromtsev reporting to captain A.I. Pogorelov on the results of scouting in the area of Novorossiysk, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
A group of machine gunners moving along the assault bridge through the flooded areas. Kuban, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Komsomolets anti-aircraft gunner Sergeant V.I. Fomichev at his anti-aircraft gun. Southern Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Бойцы Красной Армии проходят по кубанским плавням
Гвардии сержант А.Попов у зенитного пулемёта во время боя
Наводчик зенитного пулемета красноармеец С.Митяев ведет огонь по вражеским бомбардировщикам
Бойцы расчёта зенитного пулемёта ведут огонь по самолётам противника
Наводчик зенитного пулемёта А.И.Загаевский и наблюдатель сержант С.Я.Кудлик на огневой позиции
Разведчик А.Булыгин, награжденный медалью "За отвагу" во время наблюдения за противником
Бойцы подразделения зенитных пулемётов под наблюдением командира роты старшего лейтенанта Г.Маринкова
Отважный разведчик старший сержант Наурз Темербеков, награжденный медалью "За отвагу"
Разведчики старшина И.В.Булгаков и сержант П.С.Мельников стреляют из окна дома
Гвардейцы разведчики А.Данилин и Н.Юрьев на задании
Разведчики подразделения гвардии майора В.К.Оськина ведут наблюдение за врагом в населенном пункте
Группа разведчиков на выполнении боевого задания; на переднем плане командир группы Г.А.Демченко
Разведчики А.Агаев и сержант В.Шипицын на передовой
Разведчики слева направо - красноармеец Зуйков, младший лейтенант Еременко, красноармеец Юрков и лейтенант Пронин
Разведчики : слева направо - красноармеец Зуйков, младший лейтенант Еременко, красноармеец Юрков и лейтенант Пронин
Разведчик одной из частей Е.Смирнов
Гвардии сержант Акас Сулейманов (подразделение старшего сержанта А.В.Деева) забрасывает гранатами огневую точку противника
В.Кривоносов и гвардии старший лейтенант Н.Толкачев ведут наблюдение за противником
Советские разведчики в освобожденном селе
Старшина Ф.П. Кардонец читает газету автоматчикам своего взвода. Брянский фронт
Soldiers of the N-th unit are moving to the battlefield. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Fighters of the Red Army are fighting on the outskirts of the village
Parts of the rifle regiment cross the Moshna River over the newly built bridge
Fighters of the N-th unit on the march
Расчёт зенитного орудия: наводчик О. Федоричева, её помощник М.Лысенкова, прицельный М. Желтова, наблюдатель М. Силаева
Senior anti-aircraft rangefinder R.M. Polyak adjusting battery fire, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Командир расчёта зенитной установки младший сержант Я.Ткаченко и наводчик А.Мелехов наблюдают за воздушным пространством
Боевые подруги, зенитчицы-дальномерщицы М. Герасимова и Е. Буханова
Submachine gunners I.E.Zabaluev and F.D.Karasev at the observation post
Командир расчёта зенитного пулемёта сержант А.Соболев, наводчик И.Кучма и помощник наводчика В.Куценко
Автоматчики гвардейской части перед выходом на боевую операцию. На переднем плане разведчик, комсомолец И.Богданчиков
Anti-aircraft gunners Sidorovich F.A. and Panfilov P.N., awarded with the medal "For Courage", July 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
I.Ya. Schneidman, the first sightsetter of the anti-aircraft gun. He shot down twelve enemy aircrafts, April 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Major A. Grinyak checking the silhouettes of enemy aircrafts in the crew of anti-aircraft gunners of the Foreman F. Anikin, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Assault rifles in an ambush
Artillery scouts Senior Sergeant V.D. Orel (on the left) and Corporal N.V. Berezin in the forefront, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Anti-aircraft gun commander Sergeant B. Barinov watching the airspace, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
The Red Army Soldier of the N-unit D. Logvinenko at the gun watching the approaching enemy aircrafts, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Gunloader of anti-aircraft crew, who shot down five German planes, Private M. Kotolavidze loading the cannon with a clip with shells. Kalinin Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
The anti-aircraft gun-layer Corporal I.M. Bessonov, who was awarded with the Order of the Red Star, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Machine gunner, sergeant G.K. Morozov in a fighting position
Machine gunners are fighting for a village
The mortar calculation of the Guard of sergeant Nurmukhamed Shagabutdinov from the 2nd battalion of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Infantry Division, named by Panfilov, at the firing position
A mortar crew of sergeant’s Nurmukhamed Shagabutdinov Guard from the 2nd battalion of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Infantry Division, named by Panfilov, studying the 82-mm mortar device
Awarding combat reconnaissance officers of the 43rd Army. 2nd left: Army Chief of Staff Major General A.N. Bogolyubov. Western Front, 43rd Army
Machine gunners of the N-unit Prudnikov and Davydov in an ambush
At a raid in one of the naval bases of the Black Sea Fleet
Reconnaissance scouts of the unit under the leadership of Captain G.L. Zhuravl are sent to complete the task
Reconnaissance scouts of the Guard Corporal V. Gagin and Guard Sergeant P. Tishchenko in ambush
Girlfriends of a radio reconnaissance troop after returning from a successful reconnaissance; on the right is Napalkova T.I., radio intelligence officer of the 347th separate special purpose radio division
The personnel of the 1116th artillery battery of the 406th railway artillery division
30043The command and commanders of the batteries of the 101st naval brigade of the railway artillery of the Baltic Fleet
Commander of the 402nd division 101st Naval Brigade of the Railway Artillery of the Baltic Fleet Tupikov Y.D. The Red Banner. The Baltic Fleet
Tankers of the Kantemirovskaya Division of Guards Captain I. Tereshchuk, on the march near Grayvoron
A group of sailors - gunners. Lisiy Nos. 18th Artillery Division, 343rd Battery. Baltic Fleet
Pilots of the 67th Guards Fighter Regiment. From left to right: F. Schastnyi, V. Eliseev, V. Levko, Zabelin (resting). Kursk
Commander of the Central Front K. Rokossovsky, Member of the Military Council K. Telegin, Commander of the Artillery V. Kazakov, Commander of the 70th Army I. Galanin with artillerymen. Central Front, 1943
Senior sergeant E.V. Sharashkin, reconnaissance scout of the 3rd battalion of the 8th Guards Rifle Brigade of the 18th Army
U-2 pilot Ivan Lukyanovich Tarasov (third from the right) of the 1st partisan squadron of the 105th guards air regiment
Machine gunners fighting for the Dmitrov-Orlovsky station, August 19, 1943
Red Army Soldiers fighting for a settlement in the area of Spas-Demensk. August 1943
Commander of the anti-aircraft gun crew petty officer G. Plekhanov at the gun during the battle. Bryansk Front, 1943
Leningrad under siege. Evacuating the wounded after shelling
In the partisan camp. Scouts are sent into the enemy’s rear
Platform of the narrow-gauge railway, laid from the station Russa to Demyansk
Fighting for Kerch
Liberation of Kerch
Staff of engineer battalions during reconnaissance of the area near the city of Sevsk
The city of Velikiye Luki is liberated. Reconnaissance scout, senior sergeant S. Baigabulov
Machine gunner, komsomol member V. Budtsev in ambush. Bryansk Front, summer 1943
Assistant staff officer of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Guards Captain G.D. Medvedchikov (portrait)
Pupil of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Guards Private P.A. Palin
1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade units on training exercise
Assistant Commander of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Guards Captain N.S. Burycin (portrait)
A Czechoslovak non-commissioned officer at the water well. Ukraine
Officers and a soldier of the Czechoslovak Brigade at a captured motorcycle. Ukraine
Head of food procurement of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Guards Senior Lieutenant E.F. Tumasov
Czechoslovak Brigade units on training exercise. Ukraine
Entrance to the "road of life" from Kabony (eastern shore of Lake Ladoga)
A company of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade heading for training. Ukraine
Order bearer, Guards Battalion Commissar F.D. Tolstunov
Flag of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade. Ukraine
Officers of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division; in the group: Guards Lieutenant A.G. Chernenko - regimental adjutant, Guards Major F.M. Barinov – Regiment Political Commissioner, Guards Lieutenant Colonel F.I. Reshetnikov – Regimental Commander, Guards Major I.V. Blinov - Regimental Executive Officer, Guards Captain L.G. Bozhenko - Engineer of the Regiment, Guards Gefreiter V.N. Lipinsky, A.I. Mordanov –Cook
Scouts of the 112th rifle division in the enemy's rear
Taking the wounded from the front
Commander of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Lieutenant Colonel F.I. Reshetnikov and Guards Regimental Executive Officer Major I.V. Blinov at the entrance to the dugout
Army Laundresses of the 19th Guards Infantry Regiment of the th Guards Panfilov Division
Regiment commander E.D. Bershanskaya and commander of the 218th air division D.D. Popov with the personnel
Guards Gefreiter Oruntaii Iskakov – gun layer and mortar gunner of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division
Guards Senior Sergeant Commander of the mortar crew of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Bardulia Ibragimov
Guards Sergeant V. G. Minaev (in the center), Machine Gunner of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division with his team: Guards Senior Sergeant Sapir Mullabaev and Guard Sergeant I.E. Homyakov
Pilots of the 46th Guards Taman Aviation Regiment upon getting a mission before the flight
Machine Gunner of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Guards Sergeant V.G. Minaev
Вооруженцы 46-го гвардейского Таманского ночного бомбардировочного авиаполка Л. Ермакова, А. Шерстнева и Н. Бузина
Deputy Commander for Political Affairs of the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division major T.A. Safayev
Commander of the Mortar Company of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment Captain V.P. Gadja from the 8th Guards Panfilov Division at lunch with the mortar gunners of the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment
Red Army Cook Nazarov prepares food for the mortar gunners of the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division in the field conditions
Red Army Cook Nazarov prepares food for the mortar gunners of the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division in the field conditions
Deputy Commander for Political Affairs of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Guards Senior Lieutenant L.A. Akopyan conduct talks with the soldiers
Students of Moscow trade schools taking part in cross-country runs organized by Komsomol and trade unions
Guards Senior Lieutenant N.G. Kungurtsev, Commander of the Air Defense Platoon of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division at the automatic anti-aircraft gun contracted by him
Guards Petty Officer Section Chief of the 2nd Machine Gun Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division I.D. Raschupkin conducts a class with his team on mastering a machine gun; on the left Kashat Muzhikov, on the right Satar Omashev
Major E.D. Bershanskaya, commander of the 46th Guards Taman Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Gunner of the 2nd Guards Battalion of the armored boats of the Dnieper Flotilla Senior Lieutenant A.F. Oduev
Минеры гвардии красноармеец К.Н.Никитин, гвардии лейтенант Тивилев, гвардии младший сержант Горнухин, гвадии красноармеец Клемин
Commander of the 46th Guards Taman Night Bomber Aviation Regiment Major E.D Bershanskaya accepts the guards banner of the regiment
Guards Lieutenant, gunner of the armored boats unit of the Volga military flotilla S.P. Khvatov
View of tanks at a Demyansk park captured by Soviet troops
The commander of the 588th night bomber regiment (in 1943 it was renamed the 46th Tamansky Guards) E.D. Bershanskaya
Soviet sappers for mine clearance on one of the sections of the Western Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
The 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) changing position after the end of the Stalingrad Battle
A column of prisoners of war on the banks of the Volga River
Sergeant C.L. Tkachenko, who cleared more than 150 mines with a mine detector under the enemy fire, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
The corpses of the inhabitants of the city of Rzhev brutally tortured by the Nazi executioners
The streets of Stalingrad after the end of the Stalingrad Battle
Red Army soldier A.G. Zubakin and Sergeant M.V. Kamensky, sappers of an unnumbered military unit fighting for Leningrad, make passages in barbed-wire entanglements near Sinyavino
The best sapper of the unit, Senior Sergeant V. I. Pinenkov, awarded with the Order of the Red Star and the badge of Excellent Sapper, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
The streets of Stalingrad after the end of the Stalingrad Battle
The Stalingrad railway station square after the end of the Stalingrad Battle
Команда бронепоезда перед началом боевой операции; слева - командир бронепоезда старший лейтенант И.В. Иволкин
Soviet anti-tank riflemen changing a fire position near Demyansk
Cameraman Abram Kazakov films surrendered field marshal Friedrich Paulus, commander of Germany’s Sixth Army
Reconnaissance scouts in the area of the tractor factory
Searching for the enemy in the destroyed plant floor. Stalingrad
Searching for the enemy in the destroyed plant floor. Stalingrad
The military unit under Fedorov’s command fighting in a battle during the operation to break the siege of Leningrad
Senior scout of one of the units A.G. Kornienko observing the air, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Gunloader of anti-aircraft crew, who shot down five German planes, Private M. Kotolavidze loading the cannon with a clip with shells. Kalinin Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Head of aerial photo-processing, Foreman I. Zaikovsky (on the right) and photogrammetrist, Sergeant A. Fedorov (on the left) processing and decoding an aerial film received from aerial scouting, June 12, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
The crew of the anti-aircraft automatic gun of Senior Sergeant A.I. Sidorov, who was awarded with the Order of the Red Star. Kalinin Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Anti-aircraft gun-layer Corporal I.M. Bessonov, awarded with the Order of the Red Star. Kalinin Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Наводчик зенитной пушки ефрейтор Т.Д. Горячий, награждённый орденом Красной Звезды
City residents hung red flags in 25 October Prospekt (Nevsky Prospekt) to celebrate the end of the siege of Leningrad
Sappers
E.P. Epishina, a self-defense team member, on the watch at a house in Leningrad’s Frunze district. Leningrad
Searching for the enemy in the destroyed plant floor. Stalingrad
A group of Red Army soldiers and officers talking to a resident of Rzhev
Senior lieutenant V. Chekmenev, anti-aircraft battery commander, and his deputy lieutenant Aligberov are inspecting military equipment
The building of the department store, in which Marshal Paulus was captured during the Battle of Stalingrad
Летчицы легкой бомбардировочной авиации
Ukrainian Partisan
Air Defense Platoon Commander Lieutenant A.I. Mekhlis with soldiers of his platoon before going on a combat operation. Western Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Rostov-on-Don after liberation
A meeting in honor of the liberation of Stalingrad
Fighting for Rostov-on-Don
Sergeant A.F. Khoroshev, gun-layer of an anti-aircraft gun, reflecting the attack of German assault aircrafts on an armored train. Western Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Captain M.I. Lomsadze, commander of the 389th separate scouting troop of the 330th Infantry Divisio giving instructions to scouts, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
In liberated Rostov on Don. German troops blew up and destroyed almost the entire city before escape
The bomber crew of the 844th Bomber Regiment during the Battle of Kursk
Guerrilla commander A.F. Fedorov with his orderly (standing with a horse)
Senior Lieutenant, one of Bardeev’s long-range scouts, before flying to intelligence coup, 1943
Submachine guns of sub lieutenant Duev are fighting in a small town in the North-East of Novorossiysk
Residents of Rzhev at their houses destroyed by the Germans.
Scouts of the unit under command of senior lieutenant Nikolai Savchenko (279th Lisichansk Rifle Division), awarded orders and medals
На перекрестке дорог. Кобона. На льду Ладоги. 1942-43 гг.
Ремонт подвижного состава. 1941-1943 гг.
Плакат, посвященный пятерке Гольберга, разгрузившей пульман № 30. Ваганово Коккорево. 1942-1943 гг.
Один из обогревательных пунктов на "Дороге жизни". Зима 1941-1942 гг.
Ленинград в дни Отечественной войны. Ледовая трасса весной, Ладожская трасса 1942-1943 гг.
Дорога Победы
Дорога Победы
Дети, эвакуированные из Ленинграда у теплохода в порту Кобона на Ладожской трассе
Chief of the Political Department of the 186th Rifle Division of the Western Front, D. Nelepa (1st from the left), participant of the fighting near Brest in June 1941. Kalinin front, 1942-1943
Chief of the Political Department of the 186th Rifle Division of the Western Front, Lieutenant Colonel D. Nelepa (right), participant of the fighting near Brest in June 1941, is thanking the Deputy Chief of the Political Department and assistant for the Komsomol. Kalinin Front, 1942-1943
Батальонный комиссар 6 Краснознамённой стрелковой дивизии, участник боёв в районе г. Бреста в июне 1941 г. Таркакнов П.С. (2-й справа) среди офицеров Красной армии. Харьковская область, г. Чугуев, июль 1943 г.
Разведчик Костя отряда имени Н.Т.Шиша бригады имени В.М.Молотова Пинского партизанского соединения. Белоруссия, 1943–1944 гг.
Полковник политотдела 62 Брест-Литовского укреплённого района, участник боёв в районе г. Бреста в июне 1941 г. Кокин Ф.Л. (2-й слева с тросточкой). Свердловская область, март 1943 г.
Партизаны отряда имени А.В.Сувоврова бригады имени В.М.Молотова Пинского соединения. Белоруссия, март 1943 г.
Стоянка партизанского отряда имени А.В.Сувоврова бригады имени В.М.Молотова Пинского соединения. Белоруссия, 1943 г.
Штаб партизанского отряда имени Н.Т.Шиша бригады имени В.М.Молотова Пинского партизанского соединения. Белоруссия, Кобринский район, 1943 г.
Commander of the 51st Army Lieutenant General Ya. Kreizer (in the center with a map at the car). 1943-1945
Капитан Зубченко А.И. у мишени после стрельбы из револьвера. 4-й Украинский фронт, июнь 1943 г.
Officers of the 51st Army. 1943-1945
Commander of the 51st Army, Lieutenant General Ya. Kreuzer (in the center) with officers. 1943-1945
Adjutant of the Commander of the 51st Army, Lieutenant General Ya. Kreuzer Captain A. Zubchenko (a participant in the fighting in the area of the town of Malorita in Belarus in June 1941) at the stuck car. The Southern Front, 1943
Officers of the 51st Army. 1943-1945
Commander of the 51st Army, Lieutenant General Ya. Kreuzer (in the center). 1943-1945
Officers and soldiers of the 51st Army. 1943-1945
После прорыва блокады. У магазина вывешивают объявления о новых нормах выдачи хлеба
Партизаны отряд имени М.Н.Чернака. Белоруссия, 1943 г.
Партизаны отряда имени А.В.Суворова бригады имени М.В.Молотова Пинского соединения за разработкой Закозельской операции. Белоруссия, 1943 г.
Партизанское орудие в отряде имени А.В.Суворова бригады имени В.М.Молотова Пинского соединения. Белоруссия, 1943 г.
Диверсионная группа партизанского отряда имени А.В.Суворова бригады имени В.М.Молотова Пинского соединения. Белоруссия, 1943 г.
Под знаменем полка. Август 1943 г.
Кардатов А.М. у Мамаева кургана. 1943 г.
Герой Советского Союза Мусатов Илья Иванович (в центре)
Defenders of the accused: Kommodov, Kaznacheev, Basov at session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
The Secretary of the Tribunal Captain of Justice Kandybin is reading the indictment at the session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
Writer A. Tolstoy at the session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
Writer L. Leonov at one of the sessions of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
Writers K. Simonov and I. Ehrenburg at one of the sessions of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
The interrogation of the defendant G. Reclama at a session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
The interrogation of the defendant R. Langfeld at a session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
The interrogation of the defendant Lieutenant G. Ritz at a session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
Defendants (right to left): Captain V. Langfeld, Senior Corporal R. Retslav, Gestapo driver M. Bulanov, Lieutenant G. Ritz at a session of the trial of German war criminals in Kharkov
General view of the courtroom of the Kharkov trial of German war criminals
Заседание партийной комиссии стрелковой бригады под г. Таганрогом
On the eve of the Battle of Orel
Meeting of fighters of the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts during the operation to break the blockade
Snipers of the unit of senior lieutenant F. D. Lunin conduct volley fire at enemy aircraft
Disembarkation from the armored train "For the Motherland" of the Black Sea landing. Rostov
A volley of BM-13 (“Katyusha”). Orel-Kursk region
Mine clearance unit on Dzerzhinsky square in liberated Kharkov
Mine clearance unit on Dzerzhinsky square in liberated Kharkov
Soviet armourer loads a bomb on a plane with the inscription "For father and mother" (Ukraine)
A company of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade preparing for military exercises (Ukraine)
Sergeant Major Trifonov in his native village (Kharkov region)
Czechoslovak non-commissioned officer at the well (Ukraine)
Officers and soldier of the Czechoslovak Вrigade at the captured motorcycle (Ukraine)
On the street of liberated city (Ukraine)
On the street of liberated city (Ukraine)
On the street of liberated city (Ukraine)
On the street of liberated city (Ukraine)
On the street of liberated city (Ukraine)
Lieutenant General I. Chernyakhovsky, Commander of the 60th Army
Apprentice fitter V. Lebedev (front) works at a shop of a Soviet plant, 1943. Photo by Vasily Baidalov/TASS
Machine gunners of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade (Ukraine)
Machine gunners of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade performing maintenance of a Maxim machine gun of the 1910 model (Ukrain
Soviet military commander Gleb Baklanov (R) studies a map with officers at the division command post, Stalingrad, 1943. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov/TASS
Расчет советского противотанкового орудия и подбитый немецкий танк "Пантера" во время одного из боев
Female soldiers of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade (Ukraine)
Female soldiers of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade (Ukraine)
Soldiers of the Czechoslovak brigade mortar crew commanded by Captain Koll of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Infantry brigade fight on the Voronezh Front, October 1943. Photo by Alexander Arhipov/TASS
Sniper Maria Lelkhova of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Infantry Brigade of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak infantry battalion, 1943. Photo by Alexander Arhipov/TASS
Detachment of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade involved in military training (Ukraine)
A company of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade preparing for military exercises (Ukraine)
Company of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade preparing for military exercises (Ukraine)
Company of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade preparing for military exercises (Ukraine)
Red Army soldiers prepare improvised dog-drawn carts to transport the wounded to a military hospital, Orel Region, 1943
Killed German soldier
Killed German soldier
German military cemetery in Stalingrad. Killed German soldier
German military cemetery in Stalingrad. Killed German soldier
Командиры и офицеры одной из частей Красной Армии во время обсуждения хода проведения танковой операции
Soviet anti-aircraft gunners have a brief meal aboard a warship during a military campaign at the Black Sea, 1943. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS
Captured Chief of the Medical Service of the 6th army, General Staff-Arzt Otto Renoldi
Captured Chief of the Medical Service of the 6th army, General Staff-Arzt Otto Renoldi
Механо-сборочный цех Сталинградского тракторного завода имени Ф. Э. Дзержинского
A view of 130 mm/50 Soviet naval guns in an assembly shop of the Leningrad Bolshevik State Plant, Leningrad, 1943. Photo by Semyon Nordshteyn/TASS
Captured Commander of the 295th infantry division Major General Otto Cortese
Captured Commander of the 295th infantry division Major General Otto Cortese
Морской бой
Советский партизан на Кавказе
Советские бойцы в перерыве между атаками противника
Soviet fighter pilots Georgy Burenko, Victor Tabunov, Semyon Lyavshenko, Nestor Danovatsky (L-R), Rostov Region, 1943. Photo by Emmanuil Yevzerikhin/TASS
Local people return to homes after liberation of their village from Nazi invaders, Smolensk Region, April 1943. Photo by Mark Redkin/TASS
Red Army infantrymen attacking the enemy, 1943
Captured commander of the 389th infantry division, Major General Erich Magnus
Captured Commander of the 44th infantry division, Lieutenant General Heinrich Debois
Captured Commander of the 44th infantry division, Lieutenant General Heinrich Debois
Captured Commander of the German 6th field army Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus
Captured Commander of the German 6th field army Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus
Captured Commander of the German 6th field army Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus
Участники партизанского движения
Soviet artillerymen in the Belgorod region
Бойцы Красной Армии во время переправы через реку в ходе наступления на Северо-Западном фронте
Советские артиллеристы во время уличного боя, Мелитополь
Soviet partisan unit meets villagers, 1943. Photo by Mikhail Trakhman/TASS
Captured Commander of the German 6th field army Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus
Captured Commander of the German 6th field army Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus
Captured Commander of the 51st army corps, General of artillery Walter von Seidlitz
Captured Commander of the German 6th field army Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus
Cameraman A. Kazakov films the captured Commander of the 376th infantry division, Lieutenant General Alexander von Daniels
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Abandoned German vehicles on the way of the German retreat (Don front)
Vehicle inspection (Ukraine)
Vehicle inspection (Ukraine)
Kicksled. Near Levashovo railroad station
Cameraman A. Kazakov films the surrendered commander of the 6th Field Army Field Marshal F. Paulus
Search for the enemy in the destroyed factory floor (Stalingrad)
Search for the enemy in the destroyed factory floor (Stalingrad)
Captured German truck (Stalingrad)
Жительницы, которых немецко-фашистские оккупанты собирались угнать на работы в Германию
Captured German truck
At the dressing in the hospital. 1941-1943
Brigadier of the front brigade V.R. Shpyrkov, milling machine operator. 1943 Kazan
Front brigade of Fafurina. 1943-1944 Kazan
Classes at the Republican School of PVCO: removal of victims from the lesion site of the SOV. 1943
A Georgian fighter, 1943. Photo by Max Alpert/TASS
Red Army soldiers counter-attack in a battle, Krasnodar region, 1943. Photo by Max Alpert/TASS
Soviet soldiers make their way through river floodplains, Krasnodar Region, 1943. Photo by Max Alpert/TASS
Local children Nikolai, Anna and Taisiya Tsukanovy at the ruins of their burnt house in the village of Oktyabrskoye, Kursk Region, 1943
Soldier with flamethrower, 1943. Photo by Georgy Konovalov/TASS
A group of Leningrad residents standing by a loudspeaker tower in Nevsky Avenue, 1943. Photo by Georgy Konovalov/TASS
A view of a street after liberation of the city from Nazi German troops, April 1943. Photo by Leonid Velikzhanin/TASS
Soldiers and officers of the Volkhov and Leningrad Fronts meet and hug after the Siege of Leningrad, January 1943. Photo by Semyon Nordshtein/TASS
Передача боевого самолета 1943 год.
Молотьба хлеба в звене М.И. Илюхиной. 1943 г. Пензенская область.
Колонна военнопленных из 8-й итальянской армии
Nurse S. Kapralova reads a Pravda newspaper for the wounded soviet soldiers in a field hospital of the Leningrad Front, 1943. Photo by Boris Utkin/TASS
A road across the frozen Lake Ladoga which allowed to deliver food supplies and munition to besieged Leningrad, 1943. Photo by Rafail Mazelev/TASS
Морские летчики 63-й тяжелобомбардировочной авиационной бригады дальнего действия во время обеда
Soviet infantrymen storm a village occupied by Nazi German troops, 1943. Photo by Leonid Velikzhanin/TASS
Soldiers of a rifle unit battle for liberation of a village occupied by Nazi German troops, 1943. Photo by Leonid Velikzhanin/TASS
Member of the Soviet partisan (guerrilla) movement, Ukraine, 1943. Photo by Yakov Davidzon/TASS
Рабочие Старокраматорского машиностроительного завода во время уничтожения вывески промышленного концерна "Фридрих Крупп АГ"
Младший лейтенант Николай Киселев у сбитого им девятого немецкого самолета
Рабочие во время ремонта оборудования на одном из заводов города после освобождения его от немецко-фашистских захватчиков
Крестьяне передают хлеб партизанам
Школьники освобожденного пункта Старица Н. Белов и П. Башилов (слева направо) во время сдачи собранных ими немецких трофеев
Жители города после освобождения его от немецко-фашистских оккупантов, Ростов-на-Дону
Советские солдаты во время боя на железнодорожной станции
Школьники во время посещения в госпитале раненых бойцов Красной Армии
A group of creative professionals on their way on the front line, 1943. Photo by Georgy Konovalov. TASS
A Soviet nurse carries a wounded soldier from the battlefield, 1943. Photo by Georgy Konovalov. TASS
Two guerrilla, May 1943. Photo by Mikhail Trakhman.TASS
Pilots of the 46 Female Taman aviation regiment, May 1943. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldey. TASS
Residents of the city fortify a building of the Guardhouse in Sennaya Square near the Dormition Church after a Nazi German air raid during the Siege of Leningrad, 1943. Photo by Rafail Mazelev. TASS
Soldiers watch a concert
Санинструктор Катя Михайлова на передовой
Medical orderly Katya (Ekaterina) Demina
Medical orderly Katya (Ekaterina) Demina on the front line
Medical orderly Katya (Ekaterina) Demina on the front line
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
In Kirovograd
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Life during the war. Ukrainian SSR
Machine gunners
Enjoying a little rest. Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Il aircraft ready for the takeoff
Il aircraft ready for the takeoff. Novorossiysk
Repairing Destroyer Besposchadnyi (lit. “Merciless”)
Film director Grigory Alexandrov and actress Lyubov Orlova on the set of A Family
Sniper Yelizaveta “Liza” Mironova, 19 years old
Sniper Yelizaveta “Liza” Mironova, 19 years old
Serafima Amosova, the deputy commander of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, gives a combat mission
Pilot Evdokia Bershanskaya
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment near a dugout
Marina Chechneva and Serafima Amosova, pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilot Lydia Litvyak
Zharova, a dispatcher at the headquarters of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Portraits of Khiuaz (Katya) Dospanova and Evgenia Zhigulenko, pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Mechanic
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Soviet crew operating the Vickers .50 machine gun with a 12.7 mm round.
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Night combat. Kerch
Funeral of a comrade in arms. Kerch
Sea song. Soviet destroyer Besposhchadny (lit. Merciless). Sevastopol
Anti-aircraft gunners. Northern Fleet
Soviet crew operating the four-guns mounted Vickers .50 machine gun with a 12.7 mm round.
Soviet crew operating the four-gun mounted Vickers .50 machine gun with a 12.7 mm round.
“The enemy has run away”
Mourning the dead
Mikhail Greshilov
Pre-flight session
Pre-flight session
Pre-flight session
Ice-covered submarine
Курсант 3-го Саратовского военного училища бронетранспортеров и бронемашин
Вручение наград танкистам танковой бригады под командованием подполковника Бачакашвили.
Танкисты подразделения лейтенанта Султанова
Pilots of the 46th Guards Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Enjoying a little free time. Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Portraits of pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Portrait of Natalya Meklin, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Portraits of pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Portraits of pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. Novorossiysk
The all-female 46th Aviation Regiment receives the Guards banner
Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. Novorossiysk
Мазя Андрей Антонович, танкист
Portrait of Evdokia Nikulina, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Portrait of Vera Belik, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Navigator Elena Salikova and pilot Anna Vysotskaya. Novorossiysk
Navigator Glafira (Irina) Kashirina and pilot Maria Nikitina (left to right). Novorossiysk
After liberation. Novorossiysk
Submarines. Batumi
Bodies of people shot by the firing squad in the prison courtyard. Rostov-on-Don
Bodies of people shot by a firing squad in the prison courtyard. Rostov-on-Don
Mikhail Avdeev, Captain of the 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, and US pilots at Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Soviet tanks ready to go. Krasnodar Krai
Soviet tanks ready to go. Krasnodar Krai
Soviet tanks ready to go. Krasnodar Krai
Семья танкистов Мироновых
The ground seen below the Polikarpov Po-2. Novorossiysk
Unnamed. Utrish Island
U-2 aircraft. Novorossiysk
U-2SP aircraft used by the 26th Female Aviation Regiment
U-2SP aircraft. Novorossiysk
Po-2 aircraft used by the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. Novorossiysk
Paratrooper with a squeezebox. Novorossiysk. 1943
Mir Jafar Baghirov armored train. Baku
Mir Jafar Baghirov armored train. Baku
Steam locomotive driver Gulyam Gasanova. Baku
Steam locomotive driver Gulyam Gasanova. Baku
Women in the rear. At the drilling derrick. Baku
Photographer Evgeny Khaldei and actress Lyubov Orlova. Baku
Photographer Evgeny Khaldei and actress Lyubov Orlova. Baku
Actress Lyubov Orlova on the set of the film “A family”. Baku
Film director Grigory Alexandrov and actors Khosrov Melikov and Lyubov Orlova on the set of the film “A family”. Baku
Film director Grigory Alexandrov and actress Lyubov Orlova on the set of the film “A family”
On the set of the film “A family”
Film director Grigory Alexandrov and actress Lyubov Orlova on the set of the film “A family”
Captain Drapushko’s battery
Actress Lyubov Orlova. Baku
Monument to Eduard Totleben
Actress Lyubov Orlova. Baku
Actress Lyubov Orlova. Baku
Young women
Village after German withdrawal. Krasnodar Krai
Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General Alexander Skvortsov. Veteran of the Civil and the Great Patriotic War, Commander of the 78th Guards Rifle Division
Tent city for builders
Unnamed. Moscow, 1943
Tent city for builders
Naval commander Filipp Oktyabrsky and Divisional Commissioner Nikolai Kulakov, a Military Council member, with pilots
In the destroyed Stalingrad
Military equipment
Major L. Korsapovsky, Komsomol leader of the Hammer and Sickle Plant (Moscow Metallurgical Plant), is given another award for military merits.
Brigade of builders and members of the group of Komsomolskaya Pravda journalists working on the ground. 1943
Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel G. Zimin, Commander of the 240th Nevelskaya Fighter Air Force Division
Lieutenant General A. Bogolyubov with the dogs nicknamed Smelyi (Courageous) and Vernyi (Faithful)
Commander of the 1st Guards Army, Lieutenant General V. Kuznetsov, Members of the Military Council, Colonel I. Kolupaev and Brigadt Commissar I. Rybinsky
Lieutenant General V. Kuznetsov, Commander of the 1st Guards Army of the third formation
The crew of the tank "Comrade-in-arms"
Anti-aircraft gunners
People's Commissar of the Navy of the USSR, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the USSR, Fleet Admiral N. Kuznetsov (far left) on a boat at the time of departure of one of the vessels of the Black Sea Fleet
Freight trains
Tank cars
Factory in ruins
Factory in ruins
Finding temporary shelter in downed planes in the ruined city.
Autoroad to the city
Stalingrad in ruins
Finding temporary shelter in downed planes in the ruined city
Factory in ruins.
I. Erenburg on the Roads of War
On the platform
Member of the group of Komsomolskaya Pravda journalists working on the ground
Factory in ruins
Factory in ruins
Factory in ruins
Tank car
Factory in ruins
Builders’ camp
Girls’ team with a banner
Factory in ruins
Remnants of the Stalingrad Tractor Plant
Young heroes
Factory in ruins
Builders’ camp
Victory Day Salute on May 9, 1945
Double Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov, after receiving of the second Gold Star medal of Hero of the Soviet Union
The crew of the bomber PE-2
Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov sitting in a chair in a full dress uniform with awards
The 4th Air Forces Army. From left to right: Deputy Commander Naumenko, Chief of the Political Directorate F. Verov, Commander-in-chief K. Vershilin, representative of the Supreme Command A. Novikov
Interrogation of F. Paulus. Commander of the German 6th Army
Delegation of workers from Kazakh SSR
From left to right: Lieutenant General P. Batov, Major General K. Telegin, Lieutenant General V. Kazakov, Colonel General K. Rokossovsky, Lieutenant General A. Rodin, Major General G. Orel, Major General V. Kryukov standing in the snow outside the house
Commander of the 3rd Guards Tank Corps, Lieutenant General P.A. Rotmistrov
Friendly football match between Soviet and British pilots
At the Command Post of Central Front. From left to right: Commander-in-chief Gen-eral of Army K. Rokossovsky, Colonel Ioffe, Major General K. Telegin, Lieutenant General M. Malinin
Commander-in-chief of the Steppe Front, Colonel General I. Konev (right) and his Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General M. Zakharov at the map of combat operations
Commander of the 5th Guards Tank Army, Lieutenant General P. Rotmistrov (center), Chief of Army's Staff Major General V. Baskakov (2nd right)
Interrogation of Field Marshal Paulus. From left to right: Colonel General K. Ro-kossovsky, Marshal of Artillery N. Voronov, interpreter Major N. Dyatlenko, Field Marshal Paulus
The Staff of the Central Front
A. Vasilevsky (sitting in the car) and A.I Rakutin, Major General on special assign-ments of Vasilevsky
A. Vasilevsky (center) with a group of generals and officers at his airplane
Air attack
Liberated Shlisselburg
Defenders of Leningrad
Destroyed Stalingrad.
Field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.
Those who build a new Stalingrad.
A tent city for builders.
A tent city for builders.
Cameraman.
Military equipment.
In destroyed Stalingrad.
Walking through destroyed Stalingrad
Military equipment.
Chelyabinsk’s Komsomol youth – for Stalingrad.
Paulus’ House.
Those who build a new Stalingrad.
Ruins of Stalingrad Tractor Plant.
Adolescent.
Field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.
A tent city for builders.
Ruins of Stalingrad Tractor Plant.
Field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.
A tent city for builders.
Young man.
On the way to Stalingrad.
Ruined Stalingrad.
House-to-house fighting.
Destroyed Stalingrad
Chelyabinsk’s Komsomolyouth – for Stalingrad.
Destroyed city.
Builders’ brigade and field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.
On the streets of liberated Shlisselburg
Young heroes.
In the destroyed city. Stalingrad.
Senior Lieutenant A.I. Chaadaev and Sergeant S. Mammadov were among the first with their units to cross the Dnieper south of Gomel, they both were wounded on the west bank
P.Kovcheg (on the left) and A. Phasakhov scouting
Senior Sergeants M. Kozlov and A. Misheryakov scouting
Reconnaissance Scouts at a settlement
Junior Lieutenant D. Chmyr's Scouts fighting
Guards Scouting Senior Lieutenant F. Ermolin as a motorcyclist. The Southwestern Front, the 1st Cavalry Motorized Corps, the 3rd Brigade
Lieutenant P. Poslavsky's scouts carry out reconnaissance in a settlement. The 3rd Ukrainian Front, the 37th Army, the 34th corps, the 333rd Cavalry Division, 1120th Cavalry Regiment
The conversation of the writer I.G. Ehrenburg (on the left) with the French colonel of the air division "Normandy" Pouyarde. Oryol region 1943
Pilot of the "Normandie-Niemen" regiment, Hero of the Soviet Union Pierre Pouyade with the Order of the Red Banner
In liberated Makiivka
Red Army soldiers entering Stalino
Captive. Ukraine
Unloading steamships of the allies
Pilots of the regiment "Normandie-Neman" at the airfield
French pilots are sitting at the woodpile. From left to right: Lieutenant Roland de la Poype; Lieutenant Albert Duran; Major, Squadron Commander Jean-Louis Tyumyan; Lieutenant Marcel Albert; Lieutenant Joseph Risso. "Normandy-Neman" squadron
A French pilot and two Red Army soldiers are standing by a combat aircraft. Regiment "Normandie-Niemen"
Командующий ВВС РККА Маршал авиации А.А. Новиков (2-й слева) вручает правительственные награды французским летчикам
Air Force Commander of the Red Army Air Marshal A.A. Novikov (3rd from right) presents the award to the French pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Roland de la Poype
Allies. A Soviet aircraft technician and an American pilot
Soldiers between battles. Novorossiysk
“Hello my nearest and dearest”. Karachev
“Hello my nearest and dearest”. Karachev
Fascists shooting civilians before retreat. Rostov-on-don prison
Pilots of the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment at the frontline dugout. Gelendzhik
In captured Taganrog
Hearth and home.
Returning home. 1943.
Academician Nikolay Burdenko. 1943
In a rural school. 1943
Gunner's Mate at the weapon. Lisy Nos. The 18th Artillery Battalion, Battery 343
Officers as road builders of the Leningrad front after awards and decorations presentation. Leningrad front
Группа восхождения на Эльбрус воинов-альпинистов для снятия немецких флагов и водружения советских
A.I. Gryaznov, L.G. Korotaev and N.P. Persiyaninov, participants of the Battle for Elbrus, removing the flag of Nazi Germany and planting Soviet flag
Lieutenants A.V. Bagrov and N.N. Persiyaninov climbing Elbrus
Lieutenant A.V. Bagrov and Lieutenant A. A. Nemchinov with the flag of the USSR on the summit of Elbrus
Our goal is Kiev! Crossing the Dniepr
Khreshchatyk in ruins. Kiev
Штурмовая группа Закавказского фронта по установке советских флагов вместо немецких на Эльбрусе
Tragedy near Kiev
Members of the mountaineering group before climbing to the peaks of Elbrus to install the flags of the USSR
Marshal Georgy Zhukov in liberated Kiev
Boris Grachev, Senior Lieutenant, participant of the operation for removing the flags of Nazi Germany from the peaks of the Caucasus and planting Soviet flags
Assault crossing of the Dnieper
Georgy (Jury) Odnoblyudov, climber, participant of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus
A. Gusev and L. Kels, climbers, participants of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus
Members of the team which tore down the flags of Nazi Germany from the summit of Mount Elbrus, A. Griasnov, L. Korotaev, N. Persiyanov
Lieutenant Nicolay Gusak, chief of the team that removed the German and installed the Soviet flags on the Western top of Elbrus
Soviet flag on the Western summit of Elbrus (5633 m)
Captured weapons by Mount Elbrus (Hotu-Tau pass)
The Battle for Elbrus has begun (A group of climbers on a snowy slope)
The grave of a fascist huntsman on the saddle of Elbrus (5320 m)
Братья Габриэль и Бекну Хергиани, партизаны, участники операции по снятию фашистских и установке советских флагов на Эльбрусе
Николай Моренец, участник операции «Эльбрус 1943» по снятию немецких и установке советских флагов на Эльбрусе
Yevgeny Beletsky, Honored Master of Sports, participant of the operation for removing the flags of Nazi Germany from the summit of Mount Elbrus and planting Soviet flags
Vladislav Lubenets, Senior Lieutenant, participant of the operation for removing the flags of Nazi Germany from the summit of Mount Elbrus and planting Soviet flags
A group of soldiers and commanders of the 414 Anapa Infantry Division who made a mark in the battles for the liberation of Taman: from left to right - Sergeant Gaygadze, Lieutenant Liagawa, Captain Tsulukadze and Lieutenant A.S. Kvaratskhelia, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Southwestern Front. Assistant commanding officer Ya. F. Lyashko
Fighting near Stalingrad
Partisan. 1943.
Scouts of the N-unit petty officer class II V.A.Sunyaykin and Sergeant I.S. Muromtsev reporting to captain A.I. Pogorelov on the results of scouting in the area of Novorossiysk, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
A group of machine gunners moving along the assault bridge through the flooded areas. Kuban, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Komsomolets anti-aircraft gunner Sergeant V.I. Fomichev at his anti-aircraft gun. Southern Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Бойцы Красной Армии проходят по кубанским плавням
Гвардии сержант А.Попов у зенитного пулемёта во время боя
Наводчик зенитного пулемета красноармеец С.Митяев ведет огонь по вражеским бомбардировщикам
Бойцы расчёта зенитного пулемёта ведут огонь по самолётам противника
Наводчик зенитного пулемёта А.И.Загаевский и наблюдатель сержант С.Я.Кудлик на огневой позиции
Разведчик А.Булыгин, награжденный медалью "За отвагу" во время наблюдения за противником
Бойцы подразделения зенитных пулемётов под наблюдением командира роты старшего лейтенанта Г.Маринкова
Отважный разведчик старший сержант Наурз Темербеков, награжденный медалью "За отвагу"
Разведчики старшина И.В.Булгаков и сержант П.С.Мельников стреляют из окна дома
Гвардейцы разведчики А.Данилин и Н.Юрьев на задании
Разведчики подразделения гвардии майора В.К.Оськина ведут наблюдение за врагом в населенном пункте
Группа разведчиков на выполнении боевого задания; на переднем плане командир группы Г.А.Демченко
Разведчики А.Агаев и сержант В.Шипицын на передовой
Разведчики слева направо - красноармеец Зуйков, младший лейтенант Еременко, красноармеец Юрков и лейтенант Пронин
Разведчики : слева направо - красноармеец Зуйков, младший лейтенант Еременко, красноармеец Юрков и лейтенант Пронин
Разведчик одной из частей Е.Смирнов
Гвардии сержант Акас Сулейманов (подразделение старшего сержанта А.В.Деева) забрасывает гранатами огневую точку противника
В.Кривоносов и гвардии старший лейтенант Н.Толкачев ведут наблюдение за противником
Советские разведчики в освобожденном селе
Старшина Ф.П. Кардонец читает газету автоматчикам своего взвода. Брянский фронт
Soldiers of the N-th unit are moving to the battlefield. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Fighters of the Red Army are fighting on the outskirts of the village
Parts of the rifle regiment cross the Moshna River over the newly built bridge
Fighters of the N-th unit on the march
Расчёт зенитного орудия: наводчик О. Федоричева, её помощник М.Лысенкова, прицельный М. Желтова, наблюдатель М. Силаева
Senior anti-aircraft rangefinder R.M. Polyak adjusting battery fire, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Командир расчёта зенитной установки младший сержант Я.Ткаченко и наводчик А.Мелехов наблюдают за воздушным пространством
Боевые подруги, зенитчицы-дальномерщицы М. Герасимова и Е. Буханова
Submachine gunners I.E.Zabaluev and F.D.Karasev at the observation post
Командир расчёта зенитного пулемёта сержант А.Соболев, наводчик И.Кучма и помощник наводчика В.Куценко
Автоматчики гвардейской части перед выходом на боевую операцию. На переднем плане разведчик, комсомолец И.Богданчиков
Anti-aircraft gunners Sidorovich F.A. and Panfilov P.N., awarded with the medal "For Courage", July 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
I.Ya. Schneidman, the first sightsetter of the anti-aircraft gun. He shot down twelve enemy aircrafts, April 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Major A. Grinyak checking the silhouettes of enemy aircrafts in the crew of anti-aircraft gunners of the Foreman F. Anikin, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Assault rifles in an ambush
Artillery scouts Senior Sergeant V.D. Orel (on the left) and Corporal N.V. Berezin in the forefront, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Anti-aircraft gun commander Sergeant B. Barinov watching the airspace, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
The Red Army Soldier of the N-unit D. Logvinenko at the gun watching the approaching enemy aircrafts, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Gunloader of anti-aircraft crew, who shot down five German planes, Private M. Kotolavidze loading the cannon with a clip with shells. Kalinin Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
The anti-aircraft gun-layer Corporal I.M. Bessonov, who was awarded with the Order of the Red Star, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Machine gunner, sergeant G.K. Morozov in a fighting position
Machine gunners are fighting for a village
The mortar calculation of the Guard of sergeant Nurmukhamed Shagabutdinov from the 2nd battalion of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Infantry Division, named by Panfilov, at the firing position
A mortar crew of sergeant’s Nurmukhamed Shagabutdinov Guard from the 2nd battalion of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Infantry Division, named by Panfilov, studying the 82-mm mortar device
Awarding combat reconnaissance officers of the 43rd Army. 2nd left: Army Chief of Staff Major General A.N. Bogolyubov. Western Front, 43rd Army
Machine gunners of the N-unit Prudnikov and Davydov in an ambush
At a raid in one of the naval bases of the Black Sea Fleet
Reconnaissance scouts of the unit under the leadership of Captain G.L. Zhuravl are sent to complete the task
Reconnaissance scouts of the Guard Corporal V. Gagin and Guard Sergeant P. Tishchenko in ambush
Girlfriends of a radio reconnaissance troop after returning from a successful reconnaissance; on the right is Napalkova T.I., radio intelligence officer of the 347th separate special purpose radio division
The personnel of the 1116th artillery battery of the 406th railway artillery division
30043The command and commanders of the batteries of the 101st naval brigade of the railway artillery of the Baltic Fleet
Commander of the 402nd division 101st Naval Brigade of the Railway Artillery of the Baltic Fleet Tupikov Y.D. The Red Banner. The Baltic Fleet
Tankers of the Kantemirovskaya Division of Guards Captain I. Tereshchuk, on the march near Grayvoron
A group of sailors - gunners. Lisiy Nos. 18th Artillery Division, 343rd Battery. Baltic Fleet
Pilots of the 67th Guards Fighter Regiment. From left to right: F. Schastnyi, V. Eliseev, V. Levko, Zabelin (resting). Kursk
Commander of the Central Front K. Rokossovsky, Member of the Military Council K. Telegin, Commander of the Artillery V. Kazakov, Commander of the 70th Army I. Galanin with artillerymen. Central Front, 1943
Senior sergeant E.V. Sharashkin, reconnaissance scout of the 3rd battalion of the 8th Guards Rifle Brigade of the 18th Army
U-2 pilot Ivan Lukyanovich Tarasov (third from the right) of the 1st partisan squadron of the 105th guards air regiment
Machine gunners fighting for the Dmitrov-Orlovsky station, August 19, 1943
Red Army Soldiers fighting for a settlement in the area of Spas-Demensk. August 1943
Commander of the anti-aircraft gun crew petty officer G. Plekhanov at the gun during the battle. Bryansk Front, 1943
Leningrad under siege. Evacuating the wounded after shelling
In the partisan camp. Scouts are sent into the enemy’s rear
Platform of the narrow-gauge railway, laid from the station Russa to Demyansk
Fighting for Kerch
Liberation of Kerch
Staff of engineer battalions during reconnaissance of the area near the city of Sevsk
The city of Velikiye Luki is liberated. Reconnaissance scout, senior sergeant S. Baigabulov
Machine gunner, komsomol member V. Budtsev in ambush. Bryansk Front, summer 1943
Assistant staff officer of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Guards Captain G.D. Medvedchikov (portrait)
Pupil of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Guards Private P.A. Palin
1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade units on training exercise
Assistant Commander of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Guards Captain N.S. Burycin (portrait)
A Czechoslovak non-commissioned officer at the water well. Ukraine
Officers and a soldier of the Czechoslovak Brigade at a captured motorcycle. Ukraine
Head of food procurement of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Guards Senior Lieutenant E.F. Tumasov
Czechoslovak Brigade units on training exercise. Ukraine
Entrance to the "road of life" from Kabony (eastern shore of Lake Ladoga)
A company of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade heading for training. Ukraine
Order bearer, Guards Battalion Commissar F.D. Tolstunov
Flag of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade. Ukraine
Officers of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division; in the group: Guards Lieutenant A.G. Chernenko - regimental adjutant, Guards Major F.M. Barinov – Regiment Political Commissioner, Guards Lieutenant Colonel F.I. Reshetnikov – Regimental Commander, Guards Major I.V. Blinov - Regimental Executive Officer, Guards Captain L.G. Bozhenko - Engineer of the Regiment, Guards Gefreiter V.N. Lipinsky, A.I. Mordanov –Cook
Scouts of the 112th rifle division in the enemy's rear
Taking the wounded from the front
Commander of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Lieutenant Colonel F.I. Reshetnikov and Guards Regimental Executive Officer Major I.V. Blinov at the entrance to the dugout
Army Laundresses of the 19th Guards Infantry Regiment of the th Guards Panfilov Division
Regiment commander E.D. Bershanskaya and commander of the 218th air division D.D. Popov with the personnel
Guards Gefreiter Oruntaii Iskakov – gun layer and mortar gunner of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division
Guards Senior Sergeant Commander of the mortar crew of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Bardulia Ibragimov
Guards Sergeant V. G. Minaev (in the center), Machine Gunner of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division with his team: Guards Senior Sergeant Sapir Mullabaev and Guard Sergeant I.E. Homyakov
Pilots of the 46th Guards Taman Aviation Regiment upon getting a mission before the flight
Machine Gunner of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Guards Sergeant V.G. Minaev
Вооруженцы 46-го гвардейского Таманского ночного бомбардировочного авиаполка Л. Ермакова, А. Шерстнева и Н. Бузина
Deputy Commander for Political Affairs of the 2nd Battalion of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division major T.A. Safayev
Commander of the Mortar Company of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment Captain V.P. Gadja from the 8th Guards Panfilov Division at lunch with the mortar gunners of the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment
Red Army Cook Nazarov prepares food for the mortar gunners of the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division in the field conditions
Red Army Cook Nazarov prepares food for the mortar gunners of the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division in the field conditions
Deputy Commander for Political Affairs of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division Guards Senior Lieutenant L.A. Akopyan conduct talks with the soldiers
Students of Moscow trade schools taking part in cross-country runs organized by Komsomol and trade unions
Guards Senior Lieutenant N.G. Kungurtsev, Commander of the Air Defense Platoon of the 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division at the automatic anti-aircraft gun contracted by him
Guards Petty Officer Section Chief of the 2nd Machine Gun Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 30th Infantry Regiment of the 8th Guards Panfilov Division I.D. Raschupkin conducts a class with his team on mastering a machine gun; on the left Kashat Muzhikov, on the right Satar Omashev
Major E.D. Bershanskaya, commander of the 46th Guards Taman Night Bomber Aviation Regiment
Gunner of the 2nd Guards Battalion of the armored boats of the Dnieper Flotilla Senior Lieutenant A.F. Oduev
Минеры гвардии красноармеец К.Н.Никитин, гвардии лейтенант Тивилев, гвардии младший сержант Горнухин, гвадии красноармеец Клемин
Commander of the 46th Guards Taman Night Bomber Aviation Regiment Major E.D Bershanskaya accepts the guards banner of the regiment
Guards Lieutenant, gunner of the armored boats unit of the Volga military flotilla S.P. Khvatov
View of tanks at a Demyansk park captured by Soviet troops
The commander of the 588th night bomber regiment (in 1943 it was renamed the 46th Tamansky Guards) E.D. Bershanskaya
Soviet sappers for mine clearance on one of the sections of the Western Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
The 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) changing position after the end of the Stalingrad Battle
A column of prisoners of war on the banks of the Volga River
Sergeant C.L. Tkachenko, who cleared more than 150 mines with a mine detector under the enemy fire, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
The corpses of the inhabitants of the city of Rzhev brutally tortured by the Nazi executioners
The streets of Stalingrad after the end of the Stalingrad Battle
Red Army soldier A.G. Zubakin and Sergeant M.V. Kamensky, sappers of an unnumbered military unit fighting for Leningrad, make passages in barbed-wire entanglements near Sinyavino
The best sapper of the unit, Senior Sergeant V. I. Pinenkov, awarded with the Order of the Red Star and the badge of Excellent Sapper, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
The streets of Stalingrad after the end of the Stalingrad Battle
The Stalingrad railway station square after the end of the Stalingrad Battle
Команда бронепоезда перед началом боевой операции; слева - командир бронепоезда старший лейтенант И.В. Иволкин
Soviet anti-tank riflemen changing a fire position near Demyansk
Cameraman Abram Kazakov films surrendered field marshal Friedrich Paulus, commander of Germany’s Sixth Army
Reconnaissance scouts in the area of the tractor factory
Searching for the enemy in the destroyed plant floor. Stalingrad
Searching for the enemy in the destroyed plant floor. Stalingrad
The military unit under Fedorov’s command fighting in a battle during the operation to break the siege of Leningrad
Senior scout of one of the units A.G. Kornienko observing the air, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Gunloader of anti-aircraft crew, who shot down five German planes, Private M. Kotolavidze loading the cannon with a clip with shells. Kalinin Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Head of aerial photo-processing, Foreman I. Zaikovsky (on the right) and photogrammetrist, Sergeant A. Fedorov (on the left) processing and decoding an aerial film received from aerial scouting, June 12, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
The crew of the anti-aircraft automatic gun of Senior Sergeant A.I. Sidorov, who was awarded with the Order of the Red Star. Kalinin Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).
Anti-aircraft gun-layer Corporal I.M. Bessonov, awarded with the Order of the Red Star. Kalinin Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Наводчик зенитной пушки ефрейтор Т.Д. Горячий, награждённый орденом Красной Звезды
City residents hung red flags in 25 October Prospekt (Nevsky Prospekt) to celebrate the end of the siege of Leningrad
Sappers
E.P. Epishina, a self-defense team member, on the watch at a house in Leningrad’s Frunze district. Leningrad
Searching for the enemy in the destroyed plant floor. Stalingrad
A group of Red Army soldiers and officers talking to a resident of Rzhev
Senior lieutenant V. Chekmenev, anti-aircraft battery commander, and his deputy lieutenant Aligberov are inspecting military equipment
The building of the department store, in which Marshal Paulus was captured during the Battle of Stalingrad
Летчицы легкой бомбардировочной авиации
Ukrainian Partisan
Air Defense Platoon Commander Lieutenant A.I. Mekhlis with soldiers of his platoon before going on a combat operation. Western Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Rostov-on-Don after liberation
A meeting in honor of the liberation of Stalingrad
Fighting for Rostov-on-Don
Sergeant A.F. Khoroshev, gun-layer of an anti-aircraft gun, reflecting the attack of German assault aircrafts on an armored train. Western Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
Captain M.I. Lomsadze, commander of the 389th separate scouting troop of the 330th Infantry Divisio giving instructions to scouts, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD)
In liberated Rostov on Don. German troops blew up and destroyed almost the entire city before escape
The bomber crew of the 844th Bomber Regiment during the Battle of Kursk
Guerrilla commander A.F. Fedorov with his orderly (standing with a horse)
Senior Lieutenant, one of Bardeev’s long-range scouts, before flying to intelligence coup, 1943
Submachine guns of sub lieutenant Duev are fighting in a small town in the North-East of Novorossiysk
Residents of Rzhev at their houses destroyed by the Germans.
Scouts of the unit under command of senior lieutenant Nikolai Savchenko (279th Lisichansk Rifle Division), awarded orders and medals
На перекрестке дорог. Кобона. На льду Ладоги. 1942-43 гг.
Ремонт подвижного состава. 1941-1943 гг.
Плакат, посвященный пятерке Гольберга, разгрузившей пульман № 30. Ваганово Коккорево. 1942-1943 гг.
Один из обогревательных пунктов на "Дороге жизни". Зима 1941-1942 гг.
Ленинград в дни Отечественной войны. Ледовая трасса весной, Ладожская трасса 1942-1943 гг.
Дорога Победы
Дорога Победы
Дети, эвакуированные из Ленинграда у теплохода в порту Кобона на Ладожской трассе
Chief of the Political Department of the 186th Rifle Division of the Western Front, D. Nelepa (1st from the left), participant of the fighting near Brest in June 1941. Kalinin front, 1942-1943

Chief of the Political Department of the 186th Rifle Division of the Western Front, Lieutenant Colonel D. Nelepa (right), participant of the fighting near Brest in June 1941, is thanking the Deputy Chief of the Political Department and assistant for the Komsomol. Kalinin Front, 1942-1943

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