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«Летающая крепость». Чехословакия, июль 1945 г.

После освобождения г. Праги. Чехословакия, 15 мая 1945 г.

Souvenir photo. Manchuria, 1945

В часы досуга. Германия, май 1945 г.

Corpses of civilians shot by the German occupiers in the area of the Danzig shipyard

Corpses of Danzig residents shot by the German occupiers on the eve of their retreat

Soviet citizens released from captivity on a street of Berlin

Ukrainian women V. Zagura, I. Sushko, F. Grigorchuk, who were working in Berlin, are expressing thanks the Soviet soldiers for their liberation

Women and children liberated by the Red Army from Staropanovo camp are talking to the Captain Chernomazov before returning home

Soviet citizens released from captivity return to their Homeland

Soviet women and children who were hijacked to Germany are waiting for the train to return Home

Japanese bunker of the Kharamitogsky fortified district destroyed by Soviet pioneers. Sakhalin

Japanese planes and tanks seized by Soviet troops at Mukden airfield

Japanese amphibious tanks Type 2 Ka-mi seized on Shumshu island

Japanese 150-mm armored turret system destroyed by Soviet troops in the Khutous fortified district

The crew of the ICBM-2 plane of the Pacific Fleet is preparing for flight

Crew of the flight commander M. Khazov at the airfield before taking off. 2nd Far Eastern Front

Сrew of the SB-2 bomber of 1st Lieutenant M. Dodonov during the South Sakhalin Offensive Operation

Сrew of the Pe-2 bomber is being congratulated on the successful completion of the combat mission. 1st Far Eastern Front

Units of the 39th Army of the Trans-Baikal Front on the march in the Manchurian steppe

Participants of the battles for the cities of Toro and Esutoru from the 365th Separate Marine battalion of the Pacific Fleet

Japanese 150-mm armored turret system destroyed by Soviet troops in the Khutous fortified district

Transport ship Stalingrad disembarks troops in the Otomari seaport

Typical Japanese machine gun pillbox on Shumshu island

Soviet tanks overcoming the Big Khingan ridge. Manchuria

T-34-85 tanks of the 6th Soviet Guards Tank Army on the coast of the Liaodong Bay

T-34-85 tanks of the 6th Guards Tank Army on the coast of the Liaodong Bay

T-34-85 tanks of the 6th Guards Tank Army in Port Arthur

T-26 tanks and Red Army soldiers during the formation on the square of the city of Sikuka (present-day Poronaysk). South Sakhalin

"Ha-Go" and "Chi-Ha" tanks of the 11th Japanese regiment on the island of Shumshu during the capitulation

Escort ship "Metel" of the Pacific Fleet takes on board the troop of Marines

1st Lieutenant Postrigon attending a wounded soldier on Sakhalin

Soldiers of Japanese army laying down their arms. 2nd Far Eastern Front

Soldiers of the Soviet 159th Rifle Division at lunch during the battles with the Japanese army

Japanese soldiers surrendering their arms and ammunition after capitulation of Japanese army. Manchuria

Soldiers of the 5th Army of the 1st Far Eastern Front crossing the border of Manchuria

Soviet landing craft DS-5 (LCI-525), hit by Japanese artillery fire. Shumshu Island

Soviet tank-borne infantry taking a settlement northeast of Pyongyang

Soviet T-26 tank, knocked out during the assault on the Khandas police post. South Sakhalin

Soviet officer standing on a T-26 tank. Rally before the outbreak of the war with Japan

Soviet T-34-85 tanks in the city of Harbin

Soviet soldiers at the bridge over the river in Manchuria

Soviet soldiers looking at the Eastern Basin in captured Port Arthur

Soviet soldiers examining a destroyed Japanese gun. Sakhalin

Soviet soldiers watching the shelling of Japanese positions

Soviet soldiers resting at a campfire. Sakhalin

Soviet soldiers on the embankment of the Songhua River in Harbin

Soviet soldiers at the seized Khandasa police post. Sakhalin

Soviet soldiers at the pillbox of Khamitogsky fortified region, blown up by pioneers of the 165th Rifle Regiment. Sakhalin

Soviet orderlies placing a wounded soldier on a horse-drawn cart. Sakhalin

Soviet officers examining the destroyed Japanese fortifications

Soviet officers inspecting the Japanese 150-mm fortress cannon on Shumshu Island

Soviet officers and Japanese policemen on a street of the city of Shikuka (present-day Poronaysk). South Sakhalin

Soviet marines in front of the destroyed Japanese "Ha-Go" tank on the Shumshu Island

Soviet paratroopers at the Li-2 airplane at the airport of Harbin

Soviet generals A. Tevchenko, A Pritula, G. Tumanyan among the soldiers and officers of the Allied armies held captive by the Japanese

Soviet troops in Harbin. Manchuria

Soviet anti-tank riflemen on Shumshu Island

Soviet Guard soldiers at the Railway Terminal of Harbin

Soviet soldiers at the Railway Terminal of Harbin

Soviet soldiers holding captured Japanese flags

Soviet soldiers marching on a street of Harbin

Soviet soldiers patrolling a village in Manchuria

Soviet soldiers inspecting seized Type 95 Ha-Go Japanese tanks

Soviet soldiers on the deck of a transport ship during the transfer to Shumshu Island

Soviet soldiers seizing the Japanese airfield near Harbin

Soviet infantry in the steppes of Manchuria. Trans-Baikal Front

Soviet flying-boat PBN-1 "Katalina" in flight to the port of Dalniy

Soviet aerial photography of the Japanese airfield Mudanjiang

Collecting of captured Japanese weapons on the Kataoka airfield on Shumshu Island

Company of anti-tank riflemen of the 1st Lieutenant L. Derbyshev on the Shumshu Island

Crew of the Soviet M-42 cannon pulling it up the hill in the area of Chinese city of Dunhua

Crew of the Soviet M-42 cannon at a position near the Chinese city of Dunhua. Manchuria

Crew of the Soviet 76-mm ZiS-3 cannon changing position on Sakhalin near the T-34-85 tank

Soldiers of the 165th Rifle Regiment wounded during the fighting on Sakhalin

Destroyed Japanese pillbox of Hailar fortified region. Transbaikalia

Scouts of Hero of the Soviet Union, Captain S. Kuznetsov detachment. Korea

Construction of a column track in Poronayskaya Valley during the battle for the Khamitogsky fortified district. Sakhalin

Red Army Colonel with the surrendered soldiers of the Japanese 88th Infantry Division. Sakhalin

Search for water by engineering reconnaissance unit of the 52nd Rifle Division during a march across the Gobi Desert

Raising of the Soviet naval flag over the Japanese base Kataoka on Shumshu Island

Suspension of a torpedo to the Il-4t airplane of the Pacific Fleet's mine-torpedo aviation

Knocked out Type 97 "Chi-ha" tank of the 11th Japanese tank regiment on Shumshu Island

Knocked out Japanese tanks on the slopes of Height 171 on Shumshu Island

Knocked out Japanese tanks on the slopes of Height 171 on Shumshu Island

Loading of a torpedo on a Soviet "Shch" type submarine

Border guards of outpost named after Valentina Kotelnikova looking at the captured Japanese flag

Pilots of the 47th Fighter Regiment I. Klochkov and D. Teterin before flying on a combat mission

Pe-2 dive bombers of the 1st Far Eastern Front on a combat mission

Infantry under cover of a self-propelled gun during the offensive. Manchuria

Negotiations of the Soviet command with representatives of the headquarters of the Kwantung Army on the terms of surrender

Negotiations on the capitulation of the Japanese Kwantung Army

Officers of the operative department of the headquarters of the 10th Air Army at work

Soviet offensive in Manchuria

Japanese pillbox blown up by Soviet pioneers on the Cape Kokutan of Shumshu Island

Residents of Chinese city of Dairen greeting Soviet tanksmen

Residents of the city of Dairen greeting tankmen of the 7th Mechanized Corps of the 6th Guards Tank Army

Marines of the Pacific Fleet en route to Port Arthur

Sailors of the Pacific Fleet raising the navy flag over Port Arthur

Sailors of the Amur Military Flotilla talking to city residents in Manchuria

Marines of the Pacific Fleet occupying Port Arthur

Monitor of Amur Military Flotilla disembarks troops on the Sungari River

Landing site and sunk Soviet landing crafts on Shumshu Island

Sailor of the Pacific Fleet next to a killed Japanese officer in a forest on Sakhalin

Marshals of the Soviet Union K. Meretskov, R. Malinovsky and A. Vasilevsky on the Dairen airfield

Marshal of the Soviet Union K. Meretskov

Marshal of the Soviet Union A. Vasilevsky

Marshal A. Vasilevsky in Port Arthur

Pilots of the 47th Fighter Regiment, Lieutenant G. Sisin and 2nd Lieutenant S. Mariychenko. Manchuria

Vessels of the Pacific Fleet on operational tour

Commander-in-chief of the Trans-Baikal Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Malinovsky

Commander-in-chief of the 2nd Far Eastern Front, General of Army M. Purkaev with his wife

Commander of the 91st Infantry Division, Lieutenant General Fusai Tsutsumi arrives for negotiations on the surrender of the Shumshu Island garrison

Commander of the 2nd Far Eastern Front, General of Army M. Purkaev (left) and the commander of the 56th Rifle Сorps, General A. Dyakonov

Command of the 39th Army in Port Arthur

Сommander of the 355th Marine Battalion of the Pacific Fleet, Major M. Barabolko (right) in Seisin

Сommander of the 47th Fighter Regiment, Major V. Goltsev after a combat mission

Convoy of T-34-85 tanks of the 2nd Far Eastern Front in Manchuria

Convoy of a Soviet tank formation moving through the Big Khingan mountain range

Convoy of Soviet SU-76M self-propelled guns on the march in southern Sakhalin

Convoy of Soviet motorcyclists on the march in Manchuria

Column of Japanese POWs on the street of Harbin

Column of Japanese POWs on the Leninskaya street in Vladivostok

Chinese people meeting Soviet artillerymen

Capitulation of the Japanese garrison of Matua Island

Japanese Type 2 "Ka-Mi" amphibious tanks seized on the Shumshu Island

Japanese 150-mm fortress cannon seized at Height 165 of Shumshu Island

Japanese 75-mm armored turret artillery system seized by Soviet troops in the Khutous fortified region

Residents of Harbin greeting sailors of the Amur Military Flotilla

Residents of Harbin greeting a group of officers and sailors of the Amur Military Flotilla

Town residents in Manchuria greeting sailors of the Amur Military Flotilla

Town residents and sailors of the Amur Military Flotilla on the town street in Manchuria

Hero of the Soviet Union Marine Platoon Commander Petty Officer M. Babikov

Generals I. Baturov and A. Dyakonov among officers of the 79th Rifle Division

Burnt-out body of DS-9 (LCI-554) on the beach of Shumshu Island

Meeting of Japanese parliamentarians and representatives of the 56th Soviet Rifle Corps

Taking under guard of Japanese warehouses and equipment after the capitulation of the Kwantung Army

Armored boats of the Amur Military Flotilla

Soldiers of Major Nikitin's unit taking a new position. Far East

Soldiers of the Combined Marine Battalion of the Kamchatka defense region after the battle for Shumshu Island

Soldiers of the 355th Separate Marine Battalion of the Pacific Fleet before landing in Seishin

Red Army soldier hoisting a red flag on the roof of a house in one of the settlements of South Sakhalin

White flags of surrender at the Central Post Office building in Toyohara. Sakhalin

Artillery of the 101st Rifle Division saluting in honor of the seizure of the Japanese base of Kataoka. 1945

Офицеры 48 инженерно-сапёрной бригады у самоходной мины «Голиаф»

Return of soldiers of the 528th rifle regiment of the 130th rifle division to Brest

После захвата плацдарма на западном берегу р. Одер. Германия

После Победы (на охотничьем угодье Гитлера под г. Берлином)

M. Kantaria and M. Egorov hoisting the Victory Banner over the Reichstag

A moment of silence. The crew of the IS-2 tank during rest, 87th Guards Tank Regiment. Breslau

Red Army soldiers at the Brandenburg Gate

Fireworks of Victory on Red Square in Moscow

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

N. Lobkovskaya, Commander of the female sniper company of the 3rd Shock army

Red Army pioneer with a mine detector on the ruins of the city (Berlin)

Burning building in a suburb of Berlin

Soviet tank unit with infantrymen on the street of the German town, 1st Belorussian front

Restored street water supply (Berlin)

City residents are clearing debris left after the fighting (Berlin)

Sergeant N. Meshkov's B-4 howitzer of the 100th Howitzer Artillery Brigade fires in Berlin

Sergeant N. Meshkov's B-4 howitzer of the 100th Howitzer Aartillery Brigade fires in Berlin

Sergeant N. Meshkov's B-4 howitzer of the 100th Howitzer Artillery Brigade fires in Berlin

Sergeant N. Meshkov's B-4 howitzer of the 100th Howitzer Artillery Brigade fires in Berlin

Sergeant N. Meshkov's B-4 howitzer of the 100th Howitzer Artillery Brigade fires in Berlin

Embankment of the river Spree

Embankment of the river Spree

Soviet pioneers on the embankment of the river Spree

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Soviet cavalrymen are demonstrating to an American officer the battle flag of their regiment

Soviet cavalrymen are demonstrating to an American officer the battle flag of their regiment

Soviet cavalrymen are demonstrating to an American officer the battle flag of their regiment

Soviet cavalrymen are demonstrating to an American officer the battle flag of their regiment

Female snipers of the Separate Sniper Company of the 3rd Shock Army (Germany)

Female snipers of the Separate Sniper Company of the 3rd Shock Army (Germany)

Female snipers of the Separate Sniper Company of the 3rd Shock Army (Germany)

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Announcer of the Soviet Radio U. Levitan

Group photo of Soviet boys and girls ostarbeiters, liberated in Germany

...And a tram traffic is restored (Berlin)

Soviet tanker in a tank helmet and a top hat on the street of Berlin

Sergeant N. Meshkov's B-4 howitzer of the 100th Howitzer Artillery Brigade fires in Berlin

TASS photographer Mark Redkin in a wrecked Berlin tram

Postwoman Martha Pfefferkorn tears apart Hitler's book "Mein Kampf"

Scratching the old ads off the walls (Berlin)

Red Army soldier is trying on a German uniform and top hat on a bear sculpture on a Berlin street

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

General Latre de Tassigny (Tempelhof Airport)

Female inhabitant of Berlin

Female inhabitant of Berlin

Female inhabitant of Berlin

Military patrol on a street of Berlin

Document check up

Document check up

Forming up of a company of the Berlin garrison

Forming up of a company of the Berlin garrison

Soviet officers sightseeing in Berlin

Soviet officers sightseeing in Berlin

Soviet officers sightseeing in Berlin

Soviet officers in Berlin

Soviet officers in Berlin

Soviet officers in Berlin

Polish soldiers

Crossroad (Germany)

TASS photographer Mark Redkin in a wrecked Berlin tram

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Field Marshal B. Montgomery (Berlin)

Fireworks in Moscow

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

City residents are clearing debris left after the fighting (Berlin)

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Repatriates (Germany)

Repatriates (Germany)

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Soviet officers sightseeing in Berlin

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Red Army pioneer with a mine detector on the ruins of the city (Berlin)

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Specialist M. Kantaria, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Specialist M. Kantaria, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Departure of the allied POW released from captivity to the Allies transfer point (Germany)

Captain K. Samsonov, Commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 380th Rifle Regiment

Specialist M. Kantaria, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Specialist M. Kantaria, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag. May 1945

Soviet cavalrymen are demonstrating the battle flag of their regiment to an american officer

Victory! Soviet tankers at the Column of Glory in Berlin

Captain K. Samsonov, Commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 380th Rifle Regiment

Command post of the 8th Guards Army

Captain K. Samsonov, Commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 380th Rifle Regiment

Captain S. Neustroev, Commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 756th Rifle Regiment

The Berlin Zoo is open to the public

Field Marshal B. Montgomery, Marshals of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov, K. Rokossovsky, General of Amy V. Sokolovsky

Street scene (Germany)

Sergeant M. Yegorov, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Members of a separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army, Senior Sergeant O. Marienkina and Second Lieutenant N. Belobrova

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of a separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of a separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Cadet of the Military Institute of Foreign Languages Valeria Bortz, survived member of the “Young Guard” (Berlin)

Cadet of the Military Institute of Foreign Languages Valeria Bortz, survived member of the “Young Guard” (Berlin)

Cadet of the Military Institute of Foreign Languages Valeria Bortz, survived member of the “Young Guard” (Berlin)

Colonel General of Air Force S. Rudenko, Commander of the 16th Air Army (Berlin)

Colonel General of air force S. Rudenko, Commander of the 16th Air Army (Berlin)

Colonel General of air force S. Rudenko, Commander of the 16th Air Army (Berlin)

On the street of Berlin. The inscription on the fence: "Berlin will remain German"

On the street of Berlin. The inscription on the fence: "Berlin will remain German"

Captured soldier of Volkssturm

Dancers of the Red Banner ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

Dancers of the Red Banner ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

Major General A. Alexandrov, the artistic Director of the ensemble (Finland)

Group of accordionist of the Red Banner ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

Major General A. Alexandrov, the artistic Director of the ensemble (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

Жительницы города во время разгрузки картофеля, доставленного советским командованием для снабжения населения города

Local people greet soldiers of the Red Army after liberation of the city, Prague, May 1945. Photo by Emmanuil Yevzerikhin/TASS

Squadron commander of the 270th fighter aviation regiment, Soviet fighter pilot, two times Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Lugansky, February 1945. Photo by Vladimir Stepanenko/TASS

Командующий 21-м гвардейским стрелковым корпусом, Герой Советского Союза гвардии генерал-майор Семен Козак

Battery of senior Lieutenant Alexander Kuznetsov stand at the firing position in the Carpathian Mountains during the Western Carpathian strategic operation of the Soviet forces, January 1945. Photo by Max Alpert/TASS

Бойцы Четвертого Украинского фронта при преследовании отступающих гитлеровских частей в Карпатских горах

The wounded are taken to the battalion medical center of the Fourth Ukrainian front in the Carpathian Mountains during the Western Carpathian Offensive, January 1945. Photo by Max Alpert/TASS

Советские зенитчики с автоматической зенитной пушкой во время Западно-Карпатской стратегической операции

A soldier of one of the units of the Fourth Ukrainian Front attacks with a machine gun retreating German forces at the firing point in the Carpathian Mountains, January 1945. Photo by Max Alpert/TASS

Бойцы Четвертого Украинского фронта

Soviet traffic controller is pictured on the square at the Brandenburg Gate after last fights of the Battle of Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Boris Pushkin/TASS

Одна из улиц города после его освобождения от фашистских захватчиков, Германия, Вилленберг

Летчики-бомбардировщики Константин Мулюкин и Павел Плотников (слева направо), Германия

Граждане Франции, освобожденные советскими войсками из немецкого плена, на одной из улиц города после капитуляции Германии

• Советские солдаты во время боя на одной из улиц города в ходе Берлинской наступательной операции Красной армии, Берлин

• Писатель, военный корреспондент Виссарион Саянов, Германия

• Колонна немецких военнопленных на одной из улиц после взятия города советскими войсками, Берлин

• Граждане Франции, освобожденные советскими войсками из немецкого плена

• Встреча советских воинов на площади Ленина, Минск

Soviet Red Army soldiers storm the city, Breslau, February 1945. Photo by Mark Redkin/TASS

Ревизия немецкого склада представителем советского командования

Frontline reporter is being lifted in a tethered balloon basket

Frontline reporter is being lifted in a tethered balloon basket

Frontline correspondents and the Commandant of Berlin Colonel General N. Berzarin

Frontline correspondents and the Commandant of Berlin Colonel General N. Berzarin

Экипаж бомбардировщика перед вылетом на боевое задание

Hours of leisure in the evacuation hospital. 1941-1945 TASSR

Collective farmers of the Kzyl Bayrak agricultural cartel of the Dubyaz district of the TASSR during the transfer of the Red Army plane. 1941-1945 TASSR

In military studies at the school of the Federal Law No. 24, 1938-1945. TASSR

Victory Day May 9 on Bauman Street in Kazan. 1945, Kazan

Victory Day May 9 on Bauman Street in Kazan - the townspeople are dancing. May 9, 1945 Kazan

Pupils of Aishinsky high school in the Yudinsky district on the fields of the Avangard collective farm. 1941-1945 TASSR

Galyautdinova Gayfa, an employee of a flax mill, works on 4 looms, was awarded the medal "For Labor Distinction". 1941-1945 Kazan

Victory Day in Kazan: on Bauman Street, a group of women with flowers. May 9, 1945 Kazan

Pioneers at the cleanup. 1941-1945 TASSR

Purchase and delivery of warm clothes for the Red Army at the plant named after S. Ordzhonikidze. 1941-1945 TASSR

Physical therapy in the hospital №1668 - cycling. 1941-1945 Kazan

Group exercise therapy in Kazan evacuation hospital No. 1668 for the wounded in the upper limbs with damage to the hand. 1941-1945 Kazan

Group exercise therapy in evacuation hospital №1668. Exercises to increase mobility in the lumbar. 1941-1944 Kazan

Group exercise physiotherapy in a hospital №1668 with wounded in the hand. 1941-1945 Kazan

A visit to the evacuation hospital chamber by members of the amateur art circle. 1941-1945 Kazan

Evgeny Mochok is the foreman of the Komsomol youth front-line brigade of the engine-building plant No. 16 during World War II. 1941-1945 Kazan

Teenager Ivan Cheredilin mastered the specialty of a turner. 1941-1945 Kazan

Pioneers and schoolchildren of Kazan at the harvest. 1941-1945 TASSR

Women at work in the candlelight workshop of the Vakhitov plant during the Great Patriotic War. 1941-1945 Kazan

A lengthy section of the tailoring shop No. 2 of the Spartak plant. 1941-1945 Kazan

Stakhanovites at work on the nail shops at the Spartak shoe factory. 1941 - 1945 Kazan

Stakhanovka of the Kzyl-Yul Artel Slasnikova A. joined the ranks of donors. 1941-1945 TASSR

Ovchinikova Maria - turner for the development of special tasks of the Metalist artel. 1941-1945 TASSR

Worker wheelchair artel "Irk" Karymov at work. 1941-1945 TASSR

Karmanov - the brigade leader of the Komsomol front brigade fulfills the norm by 241%. 1941-1945 TASSR

Khasanov N. - locksmith Stakhanovite of the fur factory number 2. Fulfilled the plan by 200%. 1941-1945 Kazan

Tatpolygraph. Label printing for the tobacco factory. 1941-1945 Kazan

Romanov N.V., a worker of a catgut plant. He was awarded the medal "For Labor Distinction". 1941-1945 Kazan

A US officer renders a salute as he meets Soviet soldiers, 1945. Photo by Mark Redkin/TASS

Local people return to the city after the Battle of Berlin, Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Local people and soldiers of the Red Army have a rally in Old Town Square to celebrate the liberation of the city from Nazi German troops, Prague, May 1945. Photo by Rafail Mazelev/TASS

Local people repair the pavement damaged during the battles against Nazi invaders for the liberation of the city, Bernstein, April 1945. Photo by Fyodor Kislov/TASS

Local people celebrate the German surrender and the end of hostilities in Europe, Vienna, May 1945. Photo by Leonid Dorensky/TASS

State symphony Orchestra of the USSR perfoms in Manezhnaya Square during the celebration of the Victory Day, Moscow, May 1945. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov/TASS

Tbilisi airport's aerological officer Ekaterina Krasnikova next to sounding equipment after high alititude flight, Tbilisi, 1945. Photo by P. Lutsenko/TASS

Standard-bearers of the 2nd Byelorussian Front attend the Victory Parade in Red Square, Moscow, June 1945. Photo by Fyodor Kislov/TASS

Горожане с Героем Советского Союза майором И.Г. Кобяковым, Москва

День Победы в Минске

Группа советских воинов в Вене

Soviet soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Asonychev fight for a settlement south-east of Konigsberg, 1945. Photo by Leonid Dorensky/TASS

Советские моряки c жителями освобожденного от японской оккупации Харбина

City residents greet Soviet soldiers, Bulgaria, September 1944. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Soviet wiremen check telephone lines on the streets of Vienna liberated, April, 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Red Army fights against Nazi invaders to liberate Vienna at one of its streets, April 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

A view of a city street after it was liberated from the Nazi German troops, February 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Local people return home after liberation of Budapest from Nazi German troops, February 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Soviet soldier appointed a traffic controller works in Kalvin Square, Budapest 1945. The sign reads: "Death to German Invaders!". Photo by Mikhail Ozersky/TASS

A Red Army soldier watches the blocks occupied by the fascist, Budapest 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Soviet soldiers lay a wreath at the grave of Austrian composer Johann Strauss Jr. after the liberation of the city from the Nazi German occupation, April 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Soviet soldiers fight against Nazi German troops in a street in Budapest. Photo by Boris Losin, L. Leonidov/TASS

T-34 battle tank commander Vasily Sarafonov, Port Arthur, August 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Британский фельдмаршал Бернард Монтгомери, генерал США Дуайт Эйзенхауэр, маршал Советского Союза Георгий Жуков

Soldiers of the Red Army raise the flag of the Soviet Union over the Tempelhof airport after capturing Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Removing scaffolds from the Bronze Horseman, an equestrian statue of Peter the Great, Leningrad, April 1945. Photo by Boris Vasyutinsky/TASS

Soviet intelligence officers of the 1st Guards Mechanized Corps fighting in a street in Vienna, April 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldey/TASS

View of one of the streets of Elbing after the battle to liberate it from the Nazi troops, 1945. Photo by Emmanuil Yevzerikhin/TASS

Обвиняемые Герман Геринг и Рудольф Гесс (слева направо) на скамье подсудимых

Near the Brandenburg Gate, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Local people rally in Old Town Square to celebrate the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi invaders by the Soviet soldiers, Prague, 1945. Photo by Emmanuil Yevzerikhin/TASS

Поэт Евгений Долматовский (стоит на танке справа) во время выступления перед советскими солдатами

Подписание Декларации о поражении Германии

Народные гуляния жителей Минска в День Победы

Мирное население во время возвращения в Берлин после капитуляции Германии во Второй мировой войне

Военная регулировщица Мария Шальнова на одной из улиц Берлина

Водружение красного знамени над Бранденбургскими воротами, Берлин

Советские артиллеристы под Веной после капитуляции Германии

Советские солдаты у городской ратуши, над крышей которой поднят государственный флаг Австрии после освобождения города Вены

Погрузка советской морской пехоты на катера на реке Дунай

Вроцлав после изгнания фашистов. Дети вышли гулять на улицу, Польша

Лейтенант М. Карчава передает по телефону донесение в штаб подразделения во время боев за освобождение Будапешта

Мост Франца Иосифа через реку Дунай, взорванный немцами при отступлении и временно восстановленный саперами Красной Армии

Лейтенант американской армии Фрэнк Нэнкок, освобожденный из немецкого плена, в городском порту Одессы

Soviet soldiers having a break on steps of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldey. TASS

Soviet soldiers lower Nazi banners during Moscow Victory Parade after the end of World War II, Moscow, June 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei. TASS

Marshal of Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov in Victory Parade, Moscow, June 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei. TASS

Performance of the Bolshoi State Symphony Orchestra in Manezh Square, Moscow, May 1945. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov. TASS

Citizens celebrating the Victory Day in Manege Square, Moscow, May 1945. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov. TASS

Soviet soldiers the foot during Victory Parade after the end of World War II, Moscow, June 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei. TASS

The view shows fireworks on Red Square in honour of the Victory of the USSR over Nazi Germany in the Second World War, Moscow, May 1945. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov. TASS

Soviet soldiers throw Nazi banners in Red Square during Victory Parade after the end of World War II, Moscow, June 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei. TASS

Local residents greet Soviet soldiers at the at the railway terminal who returned after world war II. The poster reads: "We are from Berlin!" Minsk, July 1945.Photo by Vladimir Lupeiko. TASS

Moscow salutes the Red Army troops, May 1945. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov. TASS

The Soviet Army soldiers greeted by the citizens of Prague, May 1945. Photo by Emmanuil Evzerikhin. TASS

Local people greet Soviet soldiers after the liberation of the city from the Nazi invaders, Prague, May 1945. Photo by Leonid Dorensky. TASS

Potsdam Conference

Potsdam Conference. Joseph Stalin, Harry S. Truman and Winston Churchill

Hotel Moscow at night

Sports parade on the Red Square. Cameraman

Meeting the demobilized at the Belorussky railway station

Sports parade on the Red Square. Photojournalist Mikhail Trakhman

Anniversary of academician Alexey Krylov

Potsdam Conference, Cecilienhof Palace

Физкультурный парад на Красной площади. Отряд воинов, участников Великой отечественной войны - Героев Советского Союза

Sports parade on the Red Square. Motorcyclists and gymnasts

Potsdam Conference, Cecilienhof Palace

Sports parade on the Red Square. Uzbek delegation dancing Cotton Harvest dance

Preparations for the sports parade on the Red Square. Young women wearing national costumes

Preparations for the sports parade on the Red Square. Girls’ delegation from Ukraine

Preparations for the sports parade on the Red Square. War photojournalist Arkady Shaikhet from Frontovaya Illustratsiya (Front-line illustration) and photojournalist Mikhail Trakhman

Return of the victors. Belorussky railway station

All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Elbe Day. Torgau

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Preparations for the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Photojournalist Arkady Shaikhet on the set of the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Sports parade. Column of Krylya Sovetov Sports Club

Meeting the victors at the Belorussky railway station

Guards Senior Lieutenant Ekaterina Ryabova.

Meeting the victors at the Belorussky railway station

View of the mountain

Военные с флагом Югославии на крыше Скупщины

Soviet and Yugoslav flags fluttering over the city. Flying the national flag. Rally

Flying the national flag. Rally

Obelisk atop the grave of Soviet soldiers

Ghetto. Budapest

Obelisk atop the grave of Soviet soldiers

In the streets of Budapest

Obelisk atop the grave of Soviet soldiers

Gestapo building. Berlin

Hoisting the Soviet flag near the Parliament building

Itinerant troupe with a bear. Bucharest

Soviet flag fluttering over Budapest on the roof of Parliament

Soviet flag fluttering over Budapest on the roof of Parliament

On the roof of Hungarian Parliament

Soviet flag fluttering over Budapest on the roof of Parliament

Itinerant troupe with a bear

German DFS-230 glider of Feldwebel Georg (or Jacob) Filius

German DFS-230 glider of Feldwebel Georg (or Jacob) Filius

German DFS-230 glider of Feldwebel Georg (or Jacob) Filius

Third Victory Banner at Berlin Tempelhof Airport with Evgeny Khaldei in the foreground

German DFS-230 glider of Feldwebel Georg (or Jacob) Filius

Germans and Hungarian fascists taken prisoner

Itinerant troupe with a bear. Bucharest

Signalmen repairing communication lines

Return of refugees. Berlin

Signalmen repairing communication lines

Signalmen adjust artillery fire on the outskirts of Budapest

Road signs on the outskirts of Budapest

Victory Banner over the Reichstag

Itinerant troupe with a bear. Bucharest

Road signs on the outskirts of Budapest

“Who needs war”? Blind man with a guide. Berlin

T-34-76 tank (model 1943) produced by Factory N.183 in Nizhny Tagil. Hungary, 1945.

Organ grinder. Bucharest

Organ grinder and shoeshiner

Organ grinder. Bucharest

Writings on the Reichstag building

Poet Yevgeny Dolmatovsky addresses Soviet soldiers at the Brandenburg Gate. Berlin

Organ grinder and shoeshiner

Freight trains. Germany

Organ grinder and shoeshiner

Boy with an accordion, man and girl

All Quiet on the Oder River

Building a river crossing. Near Vienna

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Fire at the commandant’s office. Near Vienna

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Destroyed bridges in Vienna

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania. Bucharest

In the city’s streets. Dead body. Vienna

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

In the city’s streets. Dead body. Vienna

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

BM-13 Katyusha on the outskirts of Vienna. Austria

Celebrating the victory over Nazi Germany in the streets of the Byelorussian SSR’s capital

Soviet soldiers with allies in Harbin

Soviet soldiers with allies in Harbin

Николай Колташ, танкист

Майор Кравченко Петр Дмитриевич

Танкисты 20-й танковой бригады.

Танкисты войсковой части полевая почта № 42383

Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Pilots of the 46th Guards Aviation Regiment

Pilots of the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment before the Victory Parade in Moscow

Portraits of pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Portrait of Evdokia Rachkevich, the deputy commander and commissar of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Portrait of Evgenia Zhigulenko, a flight commander of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Разведчики взвода разведки 63-й гвардейской Челябинской танковой бригады на бронетранспортере

Portrait of Valentina Grizodubova, a pilot

Portrait of Natalya Meklin, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title

Portrait of Natalya Meklin, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Разведчик-связной взвода разведки 63-й гвардейской Челябинской танковой бригады

GAZ-AA light truck Polutorka

Разведчик взвода разведки 63-й гвардейской Челябинской танковой бригады

A propaganda newspaper is delivered to Berlin Tempelhof Airport

Enjoying a little free time on the front. 1945

Marshal Georgy Zhukov inspects the Victory Parade. Moscow. 1945.

Soviet aircraft. Port Arthur

Vladimir Lenin monument

Commander of the 3rd Shock Army, Colonel General V. Kuznetsov awarding the Commander of the 79th Rifle Division, Major General S. Perevertkin

Commander of the 3rd Shock Army, Colonel General V. Kuznetsov awarding the Commander of the 150th Rifle Division, Major General V. Shatilov

Commander-in-chief Colonel General V. Kuznetsov meeting the troops of the 79th Rifle Corps. 3rd Shock Army

Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel F. Zinchenko, Commander of the 756th Rifle Regiment of the 150th Rifle Division

Parade in honor of the Victory over Japan. Commander of the Harbin Garrison Colonel General A. Beloborodov making a speech

Commander of the 43rd Army, Colonel General A. Beloborodov interrogating the captured German General von Saugen

After the capture of Konigsberg

Group picture (9 people). At the Branderburg Gate

Commander of the 3rd Shock Army, Colonel General V. Kuznetsov (first on the right), Member of the Military Council, Major General Litvinov, Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Bushtynovich, Army Chief of the Political Department Colonel F. Lisitsyn and others

Commander of the 3rd Shock Army, Colonel General V. Kuznetsov

Colonel General V. Kuznetsov, Commander of the 3rd Shock Army (on the left). The Battle of Berlin

Commander of the 3rd Shock Army, Colonel General V. Kuznetsov awarding soldiers and officers of his army, participated in the assault on the Reichstag

Commander of the 3rd Shock Army, Colonel General V. Kuznetsov awarding soldiers and officers of his army, participated in the assault on the Reichstag

Sergey Gorshkov, Сommander of the Black Sea naval squadron, Vice Admiral (in full dress uniform with awards)

Portrait of the Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Nikandrov, Platoon Commander of the 140th Reconnaissance Detachment of the Headquarters of the Pacific Fleet, warrant officer

Portrait of Double Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Leonov, Commander of the Special Task Detachment of the Northern Fleet

Portrait of the Hero of the Soviet Union Makar Babikov, fighter of the Northern Fleet Reconnaissance Squad. Field Army

The Commander of the Harbin garrison, Colonel General A. Beloborodov (center) reviewing the parade of troops in honor of the victory over Japan

Colonel General A. Beloborodov with officers inspecting captured Japanese tanks

Commander-in-chief of the 1st Far Eastern Red Banner Army Colonel General A. Beloborodov setting a task to an officer

M.G. Kiknadze, Commander of the 1st Guards anti-aircraft artillery division, participating in the Victory Parade

Army commanders of the 1st Belorussian Front at the Victory Parade

Colonel General N. Berzarin, Hero of the Soviet Union, the first Soviet Military Commandant of Berlin

The Soviet officers in a Willis car on Berlin street

Military delegation of the Red Army at the Potsdam Conference. Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov

On the roads of war. To the right of the car is Chaika N.D.

Сommand staff of the Belarusian Front at the Victory Parade

At the Victory Parade

Commander-in-chief of the Northern Fleet Admiral A. Golovko and Member of the Military Council of the Northern Fleet A. Nikolaev checking the outfit of the Hero of the Soviet Union Captain of 2nd Rank S. Zyuzin departing for the Victory Parade

Commander of the 6th Guards Tank Army, Double Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General A. Kravchenko (center) in liberated Prague

«Achilles» M10 tank bombers from the Warsaw Armored Division at the parade in Loretto

Female pilots of the 46th guards night bomber regiment, participants oh the air Parade, at the airport

K. Rokossovsky, Double Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Commander of the Victory Parade, cavalier of the Order of Victory in parade dress wearing all awards

K. Rokossovsky (first on the left in the first row), G. Zhukov (second on the right in the first row, in a white jacket), Marshal of Poland Rola-Żymierski

Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union, K. Rokossovsky (sitting)

The war is over. Tankers having a rest

Triple Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal G. Zhukov

Portrait of G. Zhukov

The Katyushas, legendary Russian guards mortars at the Victory Parade over Japan

The parade of the Red Army troops in honor of the Victory over Japan

From left to right: A. Novikov, Commander-in-chief of the Air Force; A. Shakhurin, People's Commissar of Aviation Industry of the USSR and A. Yakovlev, aircraft de-signer

Marshal of the Soviet Union A. Vasilevsky (on the day of the Victory Parade in Moscow)

Planes form a five-pointed star. Rehearsal of the parade

Female pilots of the 46th Guards Taman Night Bomber Aviation Regiment during preparation for the Victory Parade

Nine parade aircrafts training in the air in preparation for the air parade in honor of the Victory

A Soviet tank unit together with landed infantrymen in a German village street

Pilots of the nine parade aircrafts in preparation for the air parade in honor of the Victory, which did not take place because of the weather

Pilots opening the air parade in honor of the Victory

Command of the 2nd Belorussian Front

K. Rokossovsky in military uniform and peaked cap

K. Rokossovsky in the hot air balloon gondola, standing in the control cabin in a form of wicker basket

Military Council of the 2nd Belorussian Front

Marshal of the Soviet Union K. Rokossovsky at the headquarters of the 2nd Belorus-sian Front, sitting at the table with a map behind him

Members of the Soviet delegation heading to the ceremony of signing of the Act of Capitulation of Germany

From left to right: Colonel General Malinin, Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov, behind – Lieutenant General K. Telegin, in front on the right – A. Vyshinsky (during the signing of the Act of Capitulation of Germany)

Group photograph. In the foreground on the left – G. Zhukov, on the far right – Colonel General V. Chuikov with a group of soldiers standing in front of the building

Waist portrait. Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov at the Zeelow Heights near Berlin (before the seizure of Berlin), in a greatcoat and a peaked cap

Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov and Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union N. Kuznetsov (right) at the Potsdam conference

Chief of Staff of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, Colonel General M. Zakharov reporting to Marshal of the Soviet Union I. Konev the plan of operation

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

Commander of the 2nd Guards Army, Major General P. Rotmistrov

Marshal of the Soviet Union K. Rokossovsky (right) and British Field Marshal Montgomery after the reception

People's Commissar of the Navy N. Kuznetsov with a group of officers

The Kukryniksy visiting General Katukov

Marshal G. Zhukov (during the signing of the Act of capitulation of Nazi Germany)

Military delegation of the Red Army at the Potsdam Conference. Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov (middle), Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union N. Kuznetsov (in black uniform), General of Army A. Antonov (second right), Air Marshal F. Falaleev, Lieutenant General Slavin (second left)

General of Army I. Chernyakhovsky

From left to right: Major General V. Borisov, G. Zhukov, Major General N. Anti-penko, and others

From left to right: V. Kazakov, N. Antipenko, G. Zhukov, K. Telegin

From right to left: G. Zhukov, Air Chief Marshal A. Novikov, Lieutenant General K. Telegin, Member of the Military Councils of the Fronts

From right to left: G. Zhukov, Lieutenant General K. Telegin, Lieutenant of the Medical Service L. Zakharova, personal medical assistant of Marshal Zhukov

Colonel General A. Bogolyubov, Chief of Staff of the 2nd Belorussian Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union, K. Rokossovsky (center), Commander-in-chief of the 2nd Be-lorussian Front, Colonel General, K. Vershinin, Commander of the 4th Air Force Army

Seeing the first echelon with demobilized soldiers from Berlin. July 1945

Authorities of the Chelyabinsk Tankograd (heavy tanks conveyor) at the parade on May 9, 1945. In the front row, the third from the left - I. Salzman, the fifth from the left - N.L.Dukhov

Prisoners of a concentration camp. From the Auschwitz series

The bodies of tortured children in the Auschwitz death camp (Auschwitz)

Soldiers of the 2nd Ukrainian Front at the Parade in honor of the capture of Budapest

Soviet soldiers hoist the Red Banner on one of the buildings of Budapest

Soviet soldiers are fighting on the street of Budapest

Victory Day. Vienna. Dancing in the streets

Motorized soldiers battalion on the streets of Vienna

On the streets of Vienna

A Soviet officer in the Parliament building in Vienna oversees the situation in the city

Prague citizens meet the commander of the 1st Ukrainian Front I.S. Konev

Warsaw ruins after liberation from the German occupation

he ranks of the Krasnograd-Prague Division on tours in Prague. 4th right in the upper row - Guard Senior Sergeant M.G. Moskalenko

The Great Peace and Victory Parade on Carl Johan Highway in Oslo

Victory Parade on the street of a Norwegian town

Former POWs at the Victory Parade in Oslo

Soviet long-range artillery on the eve of the assault on Koenigsberg

One of the assault groups goes on an attack of the Reichstag with the banner of Victory

Street fight in Koenigsberg

Representatives of the Nazi command are sent to sign the act of surrender of Germany

Another quarter of Berlin is taken by force

In defeated Berlin. There is a battle. Destruction. Fire

Tank in the square of Berlin

Parade of the Soviet troops at the ruins of the Reichstag

Soviet soldiers on the armor of a tank in a march on Berlin

Ivan Sokolnikov near Vienna

Flags of victory over Berlin

Near Vienna. Spring 1945

Soviet mortar gunners with regimental mortar at Hofburg Palace in Vienna

Liberated Vienna

Soviet soldiers and officers dance in a Vienna street celebrating the victory over Nazi Germany

A cossack patrol in a Vienna street

Soviet soldiers fight in a Vienna street

Soviet machine gunners fight on the outskirts of Vienna

Traffic controller Alexandra Hvorostyan regulates traffic on a Vienna square

Junior Sergeant B. Lugachev, a fighter in the battles for the liberation of Vienna and the cavalier of the Order of Glory, posing for a cameraman on the roof of a house

A group of French workers forcibly driven by Nazis to Vienna to work at local factories welcome the soldiers of the 3rd Ukrainian Front after the liberation of the city

Soviet sappers rebuild a bridge over a Vienna channel blown up by Nazis

Советские саперы работают на восстановлении моста через канал в г. Вене, взорванный гитлеровцами

Soviet troops cross the square in front of the royal palace in Vienna

The youth column from the 5th district of Vienna heads to a rally dedicated to the liberation of the city by Soviet Army units

Soviet soldiers who fought for the liberation of Vienna walk along a city street with locals

Vienna locals return to their homes after the end of street-to-street battles and the liberation of the city by Soviet troops

A mortar crew under the command of Guards Lieutenant Semotin, who was the first to break into the city centre, on a Vienna square

The distribution of ration cards among citizens of Vienna, with a Soviet representative of the administration present

Family freed from a ghetto

Budapest after liberation

Citizens of Budapest carve a dead horse in a city street to later eat the horse meat

The Parliament Building (1884-1904) in Budapest

The 2nd Ukrainian Front. A column of German soldiers taken prisoner during the Battle for Budapest

Commanders of the 2nd Ukrainian Front give bread to citizens of Budapest

Soviet machine gunners Leshchuk and Bereza fire at the enemy near Budapest

Soviet commanders discuss the restoration of the Franz Joseph Bridge over the Danube. It was destroyed by Nazis during the Soviet offensive on Budapest

Soviet commanders discuss the restoration of the Franz Joseph Bridge over the Danube. It was destroyed by Nazis during the Soviet offensive on Budapest

Destroyed buildings in a Budapest street. People walk along the street

The aircraft of Lieutenant Strobynin, a military pilot, in the sky over Budapest

Soviet troops who engaged in the battles for Budapest take photos in a street after the liberation of Budapest

Citizens of Budapest liberated from Nazis read an order posted on the wall of a house

The interior of a mobile medical unit located in an apartment in Budapest

The body of a Jew murdered by Nazis in a Budapest street

The assault group under Lieutenant Yakov Gorynin’s command fight in a Budapest street

Gunners firing at the enemy in a Budapest street

Bodies of Jews from Budapest brutally tortured by Nazis

Bodies of Jews from Budapest brutally tortured by Nazis

Bodies of Jews from Budapest brutally tortured by Nazis

Bodies of Jews from Budapest brutally tortured by Nazis

Monument to Soviet tank crewmen in Belgrade

On the left Scouting Sergeant Dmitry Philimonov, observation scout for Commander of Infantry of the 336th Infantry Regiment. Recovering at hospital. Poland, Katowice

Polish population liberated by the Red Army

Residents of Warsaw returning home

Residents of Warsaw meet the Red Army and the First Polish Army

Немецкий самолетостроительный завод, захваченный советскими войсками в районе города Познань

Генерал Жан Мари де Латр де Тассиньи обменивается рукопожатием с летчиком авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман»

Советские и французские летчики и авиамеханики наблюдают воздушное дефиле

Reports of French and Russian officers and aircraft mechanics on the day of arrival. France. Paris, Saint-Dizier Airport, June 1945

Министр аэронавтики и вооружения Шарль Тийон поздравляет летчиков авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман» с прибытием на родину

Летчики авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман» на праздничном фуршете

German cemetery at Breast. Graves of the German soldiers killed while fighting with Brest Fortress defenders

Генерал Жан Мари де Латр де Тассиньи беседует с летчиком

Летчики авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман»

The commander of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment, Lt. Col. Louis Delfino, gives an interview. France. Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

Торжественная церемония вручения ордена Почетного Легиона на знамя авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман»

Французские летчики проходят строевым маршем по полю аэродрома. Франция, г. Париж, аэропорт Ле Бурже

Советский механик Юрий Филиппович Федорин и французский летчик Роже Соваж беседуют у самолета

Встречающие авиаполк «Нормандия-Неман»

Истребители Як-3 авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман», подаренные французским летчикам И.В. Сталиным

Возвращение на родину авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман»

Вручение ордена Почетного легиона легендарному авиаполку «Нормандия-Неман»

Министр аэронавтики и вооружения Шарль Тийон вручает орден Почетного легиона легендарному авиаполку «Нормандия-Неман»

Полковник Пьер Пуйяд (с июля 1943 г. по декабрь 1944 г. - командир авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман»)

Ожидание возвращения летчиков авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман» на Родину

The Chief of the General Staff of the French Air Force, General Marsial Valen, awards one of the pilots of the Normandy-Niemen air regiment. France, Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

Французские летчики, аэропорт Ле Бурже

Показательный воздушный бой

Общение союзников

The aircraft mechanic of the "Normandie-Niemen" regiment Alexander Alekseevich Kapralov

Fighters of the 39th guards cannon artillery brigade and the Americans in the days of their meeting on the Elbe. Germany, Witteberg, May 1945

Before the Victory Parade. In the center, 2nd from left - V.A. Bukreev, a former prisoner of war. Germany, Neustadt, 1945

Встреча на Эльбе. Представители командования 2-го Белорусского фронта и британского командования за столом во время приема

Встреча на Эльбе. Представители командования 2-го Белорусского фронта и британского командования поднимают бокалы за Победу

Встреча на Эльбе. Представители командования 2-го Белорусского фронта на приеме у британского командования

Представители командования 2-го Белорусского фронта и британского командования во время встречи на Эльбе

Представители командования 2-го Белорусского фронта и британского командования во время встречи на Эльбе

Представители командования 2-го Белорусского фронта и британского командования на встрече на Эльбе

Командование 2-го Белорусского фронта во главе с маршалом Советского Союза К.К. Рокоссовским

Встреча на Эльбе

Panorama of the meeting place of the allied forces of the 33rd Army of the 1st Belorussian Front and the 9th US Army. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

General view of the large restored Donbass coal mine 4-21 named after Pravda newspaper. Stalinugol' plant

Allies at the festive table. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Союзники за праздничным столом Германия, г. Цербст

American and Soviet film reporters and photojournalists filming the meeting of the Allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Officers and generals of the allied forces at the concert. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Воины союзных армий Германия, г. Цербст

Soldiers of the Union armies of the 9th US Army and 33rd Army of the 1st Belorussian Front on Victory Day. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Colonel General V.D. Tsvetaev with three female soldiers of the 9th US Army at a meeting of the Allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Performance of the dancer of the ensemble before the participants at the meeting of the allied forces. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Герой Советского Союза, генерал-полковник В.Д. Цветаев (в 1-м ряду, 2-й справа) с советскими и американскими воинами на встрече

Группа генералов и офицеров союзных войск на встрече союзников Германия, г. Цербст

На встрече союзников Германия, г. Цербст

Генерал-лейтенант У. Симпсон (1-й справа) и генерал-полковник В.Д. Цветаев (2-й справа) у знамени 9-й армии США на встрече

Warriors of the Soviet and American Allied armies at the ceremonial formation during a friendly meeting of the Allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

American soldiers of the 9th army are carrying the battle flag during a meeting of allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Воины 9-й армии США у боевого знамени во время встречи союзников г. Цербст

Командующие армиями, генералы и офицеры союзных армий на встрече союзников г. Цербст

Беседа за круглым столом генералов и офицеров союзных армий г. Цербст

The meeting of the allies. The auditorium during the concert. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

The performance of a soldier's choir, accompanied by accordionists at a meeting of the Allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Выступление певицы перед большой аудиторией. Германия, г. Цербст

The performance of a singer at a meeting of the Allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

The plot shot. Performance of the dancers in national costumes at a meeting of the Allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Выступление артистки ансамбля песни и пляски на встрече союзников Германия, г. Цербст

Dancing performance during a meeting of the Allied armies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Командующие союзными армиями с рядовыми, сержантами и офицерами союзных войск г. Цербст

Командующие союзными армиями г. Цербст

Командующий 9-й армией США генерал-лейтенант У. Симпсон г. Цербст

Командующие союзными армиями г. Цербст

Командующие союзных армий рассматривают фотографию г. Цербст

Офицеры союзных войск г. Цербст

Церемония вручения советских и американских наград г. Цербст

Генералы и офицеры союзных армий сидят за столом , г. Цербст

Командующие союзных армий за столом г. Цербст

After the US Awards. Generals of the Allied armies are holding conversation at the table. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Командование союзных войск , г. Цербст

Soldiers of the 9th US Army are passing in a parade at a meeting of the Allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 1945

The passage of the parade of soldiers of the 9th US Army at a meeting of the Allies. Airplanes are in the air. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Soldiers of the 9th US Army are marching in full dress with a banner at a meeting of the Allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Встреча с союзниками

Le Bourget Airport during a ceremony to mark the return of the Normandy-Niemen air regiment to its homeland (view from above)

Советские и американские летчики на авиабазе в США

Советские и американские летчики на авиабазе в США

Советские и американские летчики на авиабазе в США

Meeting with the allies on the Elbe. Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky shakes hands with British Field Marshal Montgomery

Meeting with the allies on the Elbe. From left to right: Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky, commander of the 43rd Army, twice Hero of the Soviet Union A.P. Beloborodov, British Field Marshal Montgomery

The parade of personnel of the 1st Czechoslovak Fighter Zvolensky Aviation Regiment under the command of Captain L. Koz

Parade of Czechoslovak pilots

The leadership of the air army with Army General I.Kh. Baghramyan after being awarded with orders for the overthrow of the Germans near Koenigsberg. In the background are French pilots from the Normandy-Niemen regiment

A group of the Soviet tankers and an American photographer are sitting on a tank

A meeting of Soviet and American generals and officers on the Elbe

Pilots of the Normandy-Niemen Regiment (from left to right: Lieutenant Perrin Marcel, Junior Lieutenant Roger Sauvage, Junior Lieutenant Lemard Georges) with a photo correspondent

French pilots, Hero of the Soviet Union, Senior Lieutenant Roland de la Poype (on theleft) and Lieutenant Rober Marky

The French General De Gaulle presenting awards to Soviet generals

French pilots of the Normandie-Niemen regiment and their Soviet military friends. 303rd bomber air division

Lieutenant Seldyakov Yuri Sergeevich, pilot of the 34th Fighter Aviation Regiment

Meeting of the British delegation arriving at the Yalta Conference of the leaders of the 3 Allied Powers - the USSR, USA and Great Britain

Round table of the Berlin Conference of the leaders of 3 allied powers - the USSR, USA and Great Britain

Representatives of the Soviet and British command in the auditorium at a concert after a reception in honor of the British Allies

Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky (center, background) is making a toast at a reception in honor of the British Allies, led by Field Marshal Montgomery

Victory Day. Moscow, 1945

Victory Parade on the Red Square. Moscow, 1945.

Sculptor Sergey Konenkov returns to the USSR. Moscow, 1945

Victory Parade. Moscow, 1945

Defeated banners of Hitler’s armies. Moscow Victory Parade. 1945.

Semyon Budyonny, Joseph Stalin and Georgy Zhukov on the podium of the Mausoleum. Moscow, 1945

“Victory, the moment of joy and pain”. Moscow, 1945

The first lecture at a large amphitheatre of Moscow State University after the War. 1945

Konstantin Rokossovsky at the Victory Parade. Moscow, 1945.

Prisoners of war

Victory Banner at the Brandenburg Gate. Kuzma Dudeev carries the banner

“Why is war needed?” Blind with the guide. Berlin

Soldiers listen to their comrade playing the piano

Assault crossing the Oder. Germany

Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky in Berlin. 1945.

The war is over. Berlin

White flags in the houses of Berlin

After hand-to-hand combat

Traffic controller. “We are already in Germany”

Регулировщица. На Берлинском направлении у реки Одер. Кюстрин

Distributing bread. Germany

Stopping on the march

War comes home to roost

On Press Day at the Reichstag. Soviet correspondents

Smoke break near the Reich Chancellery

2nd Belorussian Front. In East Prussia. Tanks in action. 1945

In East Prussia. 1945

Советские войска юго-западнее Кенигсберга. Снайперы проводят переправу через реку Касари

Маршал И. Конев, президент Чехословацкой Республики Э. Бенеш, генерал армии А. Еременко и маршал бронетанковых войск П. Рыбалко

2nd Belorussian Front. In Eastern Prussia

Column of prisoners of war in Czechoslovakia

Улица деревни Гросс-Скайсгиррен, Восточная Пруссия

Let the soldiers have some sleep. Czechoslovakia

Park at Vienna Parliament building. Major General Dmitri Shepilov at the site of a Nazi family suicide. Vienna, 1945.

They come to know grief. Danzig

Victory Day in Minsk

Soldiers. 1945.

Guarding a conquered city. 1945.

In the liberated city. 1945.

Round table used for the Potsdam Conference. 1945.

Potsdam Conference. 1945.

Port Arthur. People’s Republic of China, 1945.

US allies on Berlin streets. 1945.

Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky (right) and British Field Marshal Montgomery (left) in the auditorium at a concert after a reception in honor of the British allies

Representatives of the Soviet command at the table during a reception in honor of the British allies, led by Field Marshal Montgomery

Marshal of the Soviet Union K.K. Rokossovsky (2nd on the right), British Field Marshal Montgomery (3rd on the right) with their translators

The writer Smirnov with French soldiers (conversation in the street in Austria)

American Army soldier Bok L. Kantsebu and the Red Army soldier Ivan Numladze (right) meeting on the Elbe

Nazi suicide and his family

The last defenders of Berlin

Fighting for Berlin

At the Brandenburg Gate

Konstantin Simonov at the steps of the Reich Chancellery

Writings on the walls of the Reichstag

Soviet soldiers giving meals to residents of Berlin

At the National Kaiser Wilhelm Monument

Beaten Nazi soldiers

Soviet soldiers distributing bread among Germans

A soldier of a Red Army engineering unit with a mine detector on the city ruins. Berlin

Освобожденные насильственно угнанные в Германию советские юноши и девушки

The last Majdanek prisoners short dead before the arrival of Soviet troops

A former Nazi prisoner from Europe

Former Nazi prisoners and people forcibly driven to Germany from other European states return home after their release

Released servicemen of the Allied Forces are sent to a camp for transfer to the Allies

Captain Stepan Neustroev, Commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 756th Infantry Regiment

Junior Sergeant Meliton Kantariya, Scout of the 756th Infantry Regiment

Sergeant Mikhail Egorov, Scout of the 756th Infantry Regiment

Senior sergeant Ilya Syanov, acting commander of a company of the 756 Infantry Regiment. 1945

Who took part in the attack on the Reichstag and raised the Victory Banner on May 1, 1945

Who took part in the attack on the Reichstag and raised the Victory Banner on May 1, 1945

War correspondents near the Reichstag

Lieutenant Nina Lobkovskaya, commander of a special sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army, and Colonel General Vasiliy Kuznetsov, commander of the 3rd Shock Army

Female snipers of a special sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Guards Senior Lieutenant I. Efimovskiy as a scout (wounded)

Female snipers of a special sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and commanders of a special sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Prague’s population greeting its liberators

Combat Crew of 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) in Berlin

Limbering the howitzer M1931 (B-4) for transportation

WWI veterans and residents of Prague meet Soviet troops

The 203 mm howitzer M1931 (B-4) operated by Sergeant Meshkov fires from Berlin’s suburbs at the central parts of the city

Victory! Soviet tankers at the Victory Column in Berlin

Participants of the Prague uprising

The fighting has ended. Soviet infantry clean their uniforms in a Berlin street

Studebaker US6 truck convoy in Berlin street

Czechoslovak volunteer corps

Comic shots in Berlin streets

Comic shots in Berlin streets

Comic shots in Berlin streets

Soviet troops enter Prague

Airfield abandoned by German troops

A soviet tank unit in a Berlin suburb

Citizens of Prague meet Soviet troops

A soviet tank unit in a Berlin suburb

The building of the Reich Chancellery

Citizens of Prague welcome Soviet tankers entering the city

Briefing a reconnaissance subunit

A front-line reporter gets into a tethered aerostat

Two Soviet officers among citizens of Prague on the liberation day

A front-line reporter gets into a tethered aerostat

Berlin streets and squares after the end of the fighting

A rally in Prague dedicated to the liberation of Czechoslovakia by the Red Army

A building in Berlin after being hit by a heavy weapon

Citizens of Prague meet Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev

A street in Berlin’s suburbs after shelling

The commander of a rocket launcher unit reads an order to the personnel

Citizens of Prague meet Soviet soldiers on Old Town Square

Soviet soldiers on the bridge over the Vltava

Soviet sappers on the Spree embankment

A burning building in Berlin’s suburbs

Soviet and Polish infantry in Berlin’s suburbs

Citizens of Prague rally to salute he Red Army

A battery of 152-mm howitzer-guns M1937 (ML-20) at a firing position on the outskirts of Berlin

Reconnaissance sofficer, Sergeant N. Krivopus, a serviceman of the 202nd Rifle 27th Army

Reconnaissance scouts N.V. Stepanov, N.S. Kovalev, P.A. Soloviev, S.P. Zaitsev, unknown

Group picture (5 people). Sitting: A.S. Bessonov, reconnaissance chief of the 140th rifle division, major, and M.V. Bessonova (Immortal), military post officer; standing, left to right, scouts of the 69th separate motor-reconnaissance company of the 140th rifle division: senior sergeant MA Kirillovsky, Lieutenant Dobrovolsky, foreman I.I. Dredge

Reconnaissance scouts of the 69th separate motor-reconnaissance company of the 140th rifle division. In the center is Alexander N. Yakushev, foreman

May Alexandrovich Kirilovsky, reconnaissance officer of the 69th separate motor-reconnaissance company of the 140th rifle division

Sailors of the Pacific Fleet are returning to base. In the foreground on the right is Nikolai Mikhailovich Bushevets

Edward Iosifovich Grondalsky, reconnaissance scout of the 69th separate motor-reconnaissance company of the 140th rifle division, private

Reconnaissance scouts of the 283rd Infantry Regiment of the 140th Infantry Division, participants in the Victory Parade. Sitting, 1st left - Vasily Petrovich Krotov, assistant commander of a reconnaissance platoon, senior sergeant

Reconnaissance scouts of the 96th Infantry Regiment of the 140th Infantry Division, from left to right: Vasily Leontyevich Reshetnikov, Alexander Ivanovich Parshin and Vasily Ivanovich Levchenko

Sailors of the 2nd Luninetsk Red Banner Brigade of River Ships, participants in the Victory Parade in Moscow

Cadets of one-year officer courses of the Baltic Fleet

Participants of the Prague uprising. Prague

Sailors are going to the Victory Parade

Czechoslovak volunteer corps. In the battles in Czechoslovakia

Reconnaissance scout of artillery and mortar units of the 974th artillery regiment of the 65th heavy mortar brigade of the Reserve of the main command of Lev Nikolayevich Volkov

Reconnaissance scouts of the 415th company of the 348th rifle division. Left is Pavel V. Bukin, right is V.S. Cherdantsev

Pavel Titov, reconnaissance officer of the 408th reconnaissance team of the 336th Infantry Division (killed May 7, 1945)

Footballers of the 115th Yukinsky Air Force Regiment of the Pacific Fleet

Regimental reconnaissance officer I.A. Beskin at the deployed regimental banner (award from the unit commander). Field mail No. 67656

Reconnaissance scouts of the 196th separate intelligence service, Valentin Zlobin (left) and Valentin Leshchinsky

Shoulder length portrait of the Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir Fedorov, intelligence officer of the reconnaissance unit of the headquarters of the Baltic Fleet

Sailors are going to the Victory Parade. Consolidated regiment of the 1st Baltic Front

Borodkin F.F., senior sergeant of the troop of reconnaissance scouts of the 327th Guards Rifle Regiment

Dnieper sailors before leaving for Moscow Victory Parade

Привезли маскировочные халаты. Разведчик-радист краснофлотец Манаенко Т.С. их принимает. Днепровская военная флотилия

Camouflage robes arrived. Scout radio operator Red Navy Manaenko T.S. is accepting them. Dnieper military flotilla

Привезли маскировочные халаты. Разведчик-радист краснофлотец Манаенко Т.С. их принимает. Днепровская военная флотилия

The chest portrait of the Hero of the Soviet Union Agafonov Semyon Mikhailovich, foreman of the 1st class

In the center is the reconnaissance scout Mikhail Arkhipov

German Tiger tanks knocked out by the Red Army

Sorokvashin Vasily Ivanovich, reconnaissance officer, senior sergeant

Kozlov Yuri, reconnaissance scout, senior sergeant

Corporal Lev Nikolaevich Denisov, reconnaissance scout

Reconnaissance scout M.N. Arkhipov

Reconnaissance scout guard captain B. Bogatikov at the observation post

At the Potsdam Conference

Joseph Stalin at the Potsdam Conference

Scouts of the 415th Motor reconnaissance squadron of the 348th Rifle Division

Group picture (12 people). Scouts of the 408th reconnaissance team of the 336th Infantry Division

Guard Private Alexandrov, reconnaissance scout of the 93rd Guards Mortar Regiment

В.К. Суворов, разведчик, старший наблюдатель, ефрейтор

V.V. Egorov, reconnaissance scout

Meeting the Americans

American and Soviet officers at the spring

Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery. Germany (Berlin)

Meeting of allied forces

Meeting of allied forces

Reconstructing a building in Moscow street in Rostov-on-Don

Cavalry men showing the regiment's colours to an American officer

Cavalry men meeting the allied forces

General view of the plant floor. No later than November 1945

Восстановление разрушенного дома

Восстановление разрушенного дома

Восстановление разрушенного дома

Восстановление разрушенного дома на Суворовском проспекте

После прорыва блокады замазывают надпись на стене об опасности артобстрела перед театром Ленсовета

Женщины разбирают защитную стенку у витрины Елисеевского магазина

После бомбежки на Московском проспекте

Закатывание воронки на Исаакиевской площади (асфальтирование)

Бригада кровельщиков за ремонтом крыши здания Ленгорисполкома (быв.Мариин. дворец)

Восстановительные работы на Невском проспекте (к/т "Баррикада"). Дом в лесах

Парад Победы на Дворцовой площади. Группа со штандартом «Ленинградский фронт»

Возвращение с победой

Достанко Николай Иванович (слева) сержант или старший сержант после парада

Ивушкин М.С. среди бежавших военнопленных (в центре). Чехословакия, с. Великая Карловица. 1944–1945 гг.

Помощник командира полка по материальному обеспечению 50 армии 3 Белорусского фронта Ружьёв И.Н. г. Кёнигсберг, 1945 г.

В г. Берлине. Май 1945 г.

1-й ряд 4-й слева – Майор Кравченко А.А. (в июне 1941 г. – капитан, командир 111 отдельного сапёрного батальона 6 Краснознамённой стрелковой дивизии 4 армии, участник боёв в районе г. Бреста). Германия, 1945 г.

В Латвии. 3 марта 1945 г.

У рейхсканцелярии Гитлера. Германия, г. Берлин, май 1945 г.

Рейхсканцелярия Гитлера. Германия, г. Берлин, май 1945 г.

В рейхсканцелярии Гитлера. Германия, г. Берлин, май 1945 г.

В г. Берлине 8 мая 1945 г. Германия.

Вручение комсомольских значков. Германия, г. Берлин, май 1945 г.

Митинг в День Победы. Германия, г. Берлин, 9 мая 1945 г.

Во время отдыха. Болгария, г. София, 1945 г.

Перед въездом в г. Прагу. Чехословакия, 20 мая, 1945 г.

«Летающая крепость». Чехословакия, июль 1945 г.

После освобождения г. Праги. Чехословакия, 15 мая 1945 г.

Souvenir photo. Manchuria, 1945

В часы досуга. Германия, май 1945 г.

Corpses of civilians shot by the German occupiers in the area of the Danzig shipyard

Corpses of Danzig residents shot by the German occupiers on the eve of their retreat

Soviet citizens released from captivity on a street of Berlin

Ukrainian women V. Zagura, I. Sushko, F. Grigorchuk, who were working in Berlin, are expressing thanks the Soviet soldiers for their liberation

Women and children liberated by the Red Army from Staropanovo camp are talking to the Captain Chernomazov before returning home

Soviet citizens released from captivity return to their Homeland

Soviet women and children who were hijacked to Germany are waiting for the train to return Home

Japanese bunker of the Kharamitogsky fortified district destroyed by Soviet pioneers. Sakhalin

Japanese planes and tanks seized by Soviet troops at Mukden airfield

Japanese amphibious tanks Type 2 Ka-mi seized on Shumshu island

Japanese 150-mm armored turret system destroyed by Soviet troops in the Khutous fortified district

The crew of the ICBM-2 plane of the Pacific Fleet is preparing for flight

Crew of the flight commander M. Khazov at the airfield before taking off. 2nd Far Eastern Front

Сrew of the SB-2 bomber of 1st Lieutenant M. Dodonov during the South Sakhalin Offensive Operation

Сrew of the Pe-2 bomber is being congratulated on the successful completion of the combat mission. 1st Far Eastern Front

Units of the 39th Army of the Trans-Baikal Front on the march in the Manchurian steppe

Participants of the battles for the cities of Toro and Esutoru from the 365th Separate Marine battalion of the Pacific Fleet

Japanese 150-mm armored turret system destroyed by Soviet troops in the Khutous fortified district

Transport ship Stalingrad disembarks troops in the Otomari seaport

Typical Japanese machine gun pillbox on Shumshu island

Soviet tanks overcoming the Big Khingan ridge. Manchuria

T-34-85 tanks of the 6th Soviet Guards Tank Army on the coast of the Liaodong Bay

T-34-85 tanks of the 6th Guards Tank Army on the coast of the Liaodong Bay

T-34-85 tanks of the 6th Guards Tank Army in Port Arthur

T-26 tanks and Red Army soldiers during the formation on the square of the city of Sikuka (present-day Poronaysk). South Sakhalin

"Ha-Go" and "Chi-Ha" tanks of the 11th Japanese regiment on the island of Shumshu during the capitulation

Escort ship "Metel" of the Pacific Fleet takes on board the troop of Marines

1st Lieutenant Postrigon attending a wounded soldier on Sakhalin

Soldiers of Japanese army laying down their arms. 2nd Far Eastern Front

Soldiers of the Soviet 159th Rifle Division at lunch during the battles with the Japanese army

Japanese soldiers surrendering their arms and ammunition after capitulation of Japanese army. Manchuria

Soldiers of the 5th Army of the 1st Far Eastern Front crossing the border of Manchuria

Soviet landing craft DS-5 (LCI-525), hit by Japanese artillery fire. Shumshu Island

Soviet tank-borne infantry taking a settlement northeast of Pyongyang

Soviet T-26 tank, knocked out during the assault on the Khandas police post. South Sakhalin

Soviet officer standing on a T-26 tank. Rally before the outbreak of the war with Japan

Soviet T-34-85 tanks in the city of Harbin

Soviet soldiers at the bridge over the river in Manchuria

Soviet soldiers looking at the Eastern Basin in captured Port Arthur

Soviet soldiers examining a destroyed Japanese gun. Sakhalin

Soviet soldiers watching the shelling of Japanese positions

Soviet soldiers resting at a campfire. Sakhalin

Soviet soldiers on the embankment of the Songhua River in Harbin

Soviet soldiers at the seized Khandasa police post. Sakhalin

Soviet soldiers at the pillbox of Khamitogsky fortified region, blown up by pioneers of the 165th Rifle Regiment. Sakhalin

Soviet orderlies placing a wounded soldier on a horse-drawn cart. Sakhalin

Soviet officers examining the destroyed Japanese fortifications

Soviet officers inspecting the Japanese 150-mm fortress cannon on Shumshu Island

Soviet officers and Japanese policemen on a street of the city of Shikuka (present-day Poronaysk). South Sakhalin

Soviet marines in front of the destroyed Japanese "Ha-Go" tank on the Shumshu Island

Soviet paratroopers at the Li-2 airplane at the airport of Harbin

Soviet generals A. Tevchenko, A Pritula, G. Tumanyan among the soldiers and officers of the Allied armies held captive by the Japanese

Soviet troops in Harbin. Manchuria

Soviet anti-tank riflemen on Shumshu Island

Soviet Guard soldiers at the Railway Terminal of Harbin

Soviet soldiers at the Railway Terminal of Harbin

Soviet soldiers holding captured Japanese flags

Soviet soldiers marching on a street of Harbin

Soviet soldiers patrolling a village in Manchuria

Soviet soldiers inspecting seized Type 95 Ha-Go Japanese tanks

Soviet soldiers on the deck of a transport ship during the transfer to Shumshu Island

Soviet soldiers seizing the Japanese airfield near Harbin

Soviet infantry in the steppes of Manchuria. Trans-Baikal Front

Soviet flying-boat PBN-1 "Katalina" in flight to the port of Dalniy

Soviet aerial photography of the Japanese airfield Mudanjiang

Collecting of captured Japanese weapons on the Kataoka airfield on Shumshu Island

Company of anti-tank riflemen of the 1st Lieutenant L. Derbyshev on the Shumshu Island

Crew of the Soviet M-42 cannon pulling it up the hill in the area of Chinese city of Dunhua

Crew of the Soviet M-42 cannon at a position near the Chinese city of Dunhua. Manchuria

Crew of the Soviet 76-mm ZiS-3 cannon changing position on Sakhalin near the T-34-85 tank

Soldiers of the 165th Rifle Regiment wounded during the fighting on Sakhalin

Destroyed Japanese pillbox of Hailar fortified region. Transbaikalia

Scouts of Hero of the Soviet Union, Captain S. Kuznetsov detachment. Korea

Construction of a column track in Poronayskaya Valley during the battle for the Khamitogsky fortified district. Sakhalin

Red Army Colonel with the surrendered soldiers of the Japanese 88th Infantry Division. Sakhalin

Search for water by engineering reconnaissance unit of the 52nd Rifle Division during a march across the Gobi Desert

Raising of the Soviet naval flag over the Japanese base Kataoka on Shumshu Island

Suspension of a torpedo to the Il-4t airplane of the Pacific Fleet's mine-torpedo aviation

Knocked out Type 97 "Chi-ha" tank of the 11th Japanese tank regiment on Shumshu Island

Knocked out Japanese tanks on the slopes of Height 171 on Shumshu Island

Knocked out Japanese tanks on the slopes of Height 171 on Shumshu Island

Loading of a torpedo on a Soviet "Shch" type submarine

Border guards of outpost named after Valentina Kotelnikova looking at the captured Japanese flag

Pilots of the 47th Fighter Regiment I. Klochkov and D. Teterin before flying on a combat mission

Pe-2 dive bombers of the 1st Far Eastern Front on a combat mission

Infantry under cover of a self-propelled gun during the offensive. Manchuria

Negotiations of the Soviet command with representatives of the headquarters of the Kwantung Army on the terms of surrender

Negotiations on the capitulation of the Japanese Kwantung Army

Officers of the operative department of the headquarters of the 10th Air Army at work

Soviet offensive in Manchuria

Japanese pillbox blown up by Soviet pioneers on the Cape Kokutan of Shumshu Island

Residents of Chinese city of Dairen greeting Soviet tanksmen

Residents of the city of Dairen greeting tankmen of the 7th Mechanized Corps of the 6th Guards Tank Army

Marines of the Pacific Fleet en route to Port Arthur

Sailors of the Pacific Fleet raising the navy flag over Port Arthur

Sailors of the Amur Military Flotilla talking to city residents in Manchuria

Marines of the Pacific Fleet occupying Port Arthur

Monitor of Amur Military Flotilla disembarks troops on the Sungari River

Landing site and sunk Soviet landing crafts on Shumshu Island

Sailor of the Pacific Fleet next to a killed Japanese officer in a forest on Sakhalin

Marshals of the Soviet Union K. Meretskov, R. Malinovsky and A. Vasilevsky on the Dairen airfield

Marshal of the Soviet Union K. Meretskov

Marshal of the Soviet Union A. Vasilevsky

Marshal A. Vasilevsky in Port Arthur

Pilots of the 47th Fighter Regiment, Lieutenant G. Sisin and 2nd Lieutenant S. Mariychenko. Manchuria

Vessels of the Pacific Fleet on operational tour

Commander-in-chief of the Trans-Baikal Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Malinovsky

Commander-in-chief of the 2nd Far Eastern Front, General of Army M. Purkaev with his wife

Commander of the 91st Infantry Division, Lieutenant General Fusai Tsutsumi arrives for negotiations on the surrender of the Shumshu Island garrison

Commander of the 2nd Far Eastern Front, General of Army M. Purkaev (left) and the commander of the 56th Rifle Сorps, General A. Dyakonov

Command of the 39th Army in Port Arthur

Сommander of the 355th Marine Battalion of the Pacific Fleet, Major M. Barabolko (right) in Seisin

Сommander of the 47th Fighter Regiment, Major V. Goltsev after a combat mission

Convoy of T-34-85 tanks of the 2nd Far Eastern Front in Manchuria

Convoy of a Soviet tank formation moving through the Big Khingan mountain range

Convoy of Soviet SU-76M self-propelled guns on the march in southern Sakhalin

Convoy of Soviet motorcyclists on the march in Manchuria

Column of Japanese POWs on the street of Harbin

Column of Japanese POWs on the Leninskaya street in Vladivostok

Chinese people meeting Soviet artillerymen

Capitulation of the Japanese garrison of Matua Island

Japanese Type 2 "Ka-Mi" amphibious tanks seized on the Shumshu Island

Japanese 150-mm fortress cannon seized at Height 165 of Shumshu Island

Japanese 75-mm armored turret artillery system seized by Soviet troops in the Khutous fortified region

Residents of Harbin greeting sailors of the Amur Military Flotilla

Residents of Harbin greeting a group of officers and sailors of the Amur Military Flotilla

Town residents in Manchuria greeting sailors of the Amur Military Flotilla

Town residents and sailors of the Amur Military Flotilla on the town street in Manchuria

Hero of the Soviet Union Marine Platoon Commander Petty Officer M. Babikov

Generals I. Baturov and A. Dyakonov among officers of the 79th Rifle Division

Burnt-out body of DS-9 (LCI-554) on the beach of Shumshu Island

Meeting of Japanese parliamentarians and representatives of the 56th Soviet Rifle Corps

Taking under guard of Japanese warehouses and equipment after the capitulation of the Kwantung Army

Armored boats of the Amur Military Flotilla

Soldiers of Major Nikitin's unit taking a new position. Far East

Soldiers of the Combined Marine Battalion of the Kamchatka defense region after the battle for Shumshu Island

Soldiers of the 355th Separate Marine Battalion of the Pacific Fleet before landing in Seishin

Red Army soldier hoisting a red flag on the roof of a house in one of the settlements of South Sakhalin

White flags of surrender at the Central Post Office building in Toyohara. Sakhalin

Artillery of the 101st Rifle Division saluting in honor of the seizure of the Japanese base of Kataoka. 1945

Офицеры 48 инженерно-сапёрной бригады у самоходной мины «Голиаф»

Return of soldiers of the 528th rifle regiment of the 130th rifle division to Brest

После захвата плацдарма на западном берегу р. Одер. Германия

После Победы (на охотничьем угодье Гитлера под г. Берлином)

M. Kantaria and M. Egorov hoisting the Victory Banner over the Reichstag

A moment of silence. The crew of the IS-2 tank during rest, 87th Guards Tank Regiment. Breslau

Red Army soldiers at the Brandenburg Gate

Fireworks of Victory on Red Square in Moscow

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

N. Lobkovskaya, Commander of the female sniper company of the 3rd Shock army

Red Army pioneer with a mine detector on the ruins of the city (Berlin)

Burning building in a suburb of Berlin

Soviet tank unit with infantrymen on the street of the German town, 1st Belorussian front

Restored street water supply (Berlin)

City residents are clearing debris left after the fighting (Berlin)

Sergeant N. Meshkov's B-4 howitzer of the 100th Howitzer Artillery Brigade fires in Berlin

Sergeant N. Meshkov's B-4 howitzer of the 100th Howitzer Aartillery Brigade fires in Berlin

Sergeant N. Meshkov's B-4 howitzer of the 100th Howitzer Artillery Brigade fires in Berlin

Sergeant N. Meshkov's B-4 howitzer of the 100th Howitzer Artillery Brigade fires in Berlin

Sergeant N. Meshkov's B-4 howitzer of the 100th Howitzer Artillery Brigade fires in Berlin

Embankment of the river Spree

Embankment of the river Spree

Soviet pioneers on the embankment of the river Spree

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag building

Soviet cavalrymen are demonstrating to an American officer the battle flag of their regiment

Soviet cavalrymen are demonstrating to an American officer the battle flag of their regiment

Soviet cavalrymen are demonstrating to an American officer the battle flag of their regiment

Soviet cavalrymen are demonstrating to an American officer the battle flag of their regiment

Female snipers of the Separate Sniper Company of the 3rd Shock Army (Germany)

Female snipers of the Separate Sniper Company of the 3rd Shock Army (Germany)

Female snipers of the Separate Sniper Company of the 3rd Shock Army (Germany)

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Announcer of the Soviet Radio U. Levitan

Group photo of Soviet boys and girls ostarbeiters, liberated in Germany

...And a tram traffic is restored (Berlin)

Soviet tanker in a tank helmet and a top hat on the street of Berlin

Sergeant N. Meshkov's B-4 howitzer of the 100th Howitzer Artillery Brigade fires in Berlin

TASS photographer Mark Redkin in a wrecked Berlin tram

Postwoman Martha Pfefferkorn tears apart Hitler's book "Mein Kampf"

Scratching the old ads off the walls (Berlin)

Red Army soldier is trying on a German uniform and top hat on a bear sculpture on a Berlin street

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

General Latre de Tassigny (Tempelhof Airport)

Female inhabitant of Berlin

Female inhabitant of Berlin

Female inhabitant of Berlin

Military patrol on a street of Berlin

Document check up

Document check up

Forming up of a company of the Berlin garrison

Forming up of a company of the Berlin garrison

Soviet officers sightseeing in Berlin

Soviet officers sightseeing in Berlin

Soviet officers sightseeing in Berlin

Soviet officers in Berlin

Soviet officers in Berlin

Soviet officers in Berlin

Polish soldiers

Crossroad (Germany)

TASS photographer Mark Redkin in a wrecked Berlin tram

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

Field Marshal B. Montgomery (Berlin)

Fireworks in Moscow

Soviet delegation at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of German Defeat

City residents are clearing debris left after the fighting (Berlin)

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Repatriates (Germany)

Repatriates (Germany)

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Soviet officers sightseeing in Berlin

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Red Army pioneer with a mine detector on the ruins of the city (Berlin)

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Specialist M. Kantaria, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Specialist M. Kantaria, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Departure of the allied POW released from captivity to the Allies transfer point (Germany)

Captain K. Samsonov, Commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 380th Rifle Regiment

Specialist M. Kantaria, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Participants of the Reichstag storming and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Specialist M. Kantaria, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Front-line correspondents at the Reichstag. May 1945

Soviet cavalrymen are demonstrating the battle flag of their regiment to an american officer

Victory! Soviet tankers at the Column of Glory in Berlin

Captain K. Samsonov, Commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 380th Rifle Regiment

Command post of the 8th Guards Army

Captain K. Samsonov, Commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 380th Rifle Regiment

Captain S. Neustroev, Commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 756th Rifle Regiment

The Berlin Zoo is open to the public

Field Marshal B. Montgomery, Marshals of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov, K. Rokossovsky, General of Amy V. Sokolovsky

Street scene (Germany)

Sergeant M. Yegorov, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Members of a separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army, Senior Sergeant O. Marienkina and Second Lieutenant N. Belobrova

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of the separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of a separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Soldiers and officers of a separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army

Cadet of the Military Institute of Foreign Languages Valeria Bortz, survived member of the “Young Guard” (Berlin)

Cadet of the Military Institute of Foreign Languages Valeria Bortz, survived member of the “Young Guard” (Berlin)

Cadet of the Military Institute of Foreign Languages Valeria Bortz, survived member of the “Young Guard” (Berlin)

Colonel General of Air Force S. Rudenko, Commander of the 16th Air Army (Berlin)

Colonel General of air force S. Rudenko, Commander of the 16th Air Army (Berlin)

Colonel General of air force S. Rudenko, Commander of the 16th Air Army (Berlin)

On the street of Berlin. The inscription on the fence: "Berlin will remain German"

On the street of Berlin. The inscription on the fence: "Berlin will remain German"

Captured soldier of Volkssturm

Dancers of the Red Banner ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

Dancers of the Red Banner ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

Major General A. Alexandrov, the artistic Director of the ensemble (Finland)

Group of accordionist of the Red Banner ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

Major General A. Alexandrov, the artistic Director of the ensemble (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

The Red Banner Ensemble of the Red Army song and dance of the Soviet Union (Finland)

Жительницы города во время разгрузки картофеля, доставленного советским командованием для снабжения населения города

Local people greet soldiers of the Red Army after liberation of the city, Prague, May 1945. Photo by Emmanuil Yevzerikhin/TASS

Squadron commander of the 270th fighter aviation regiment, Soviet fighter pilot, two times Hero of the Soviet Union Sergei Lugansky, February 1945. Photo by Vladimir Stepanenko/TASS

Командующий 21-м гвардейским стрелковым корпусом, Герой Советского Союза гвардии генерал-майор Семен Козак

Battery of senior Lieutenant Alexander Kuznetsov stand at the firing position in the Carpathian Mountains during the Western Carpathian strategic operation of the Soviet forces, January 1945. Photo by Max Alpert/TASS

Бойцы Четвертого Украинского фронта при преследовании отступающих гитлеровских частей в Карпатских горах

The wounded are taken to the battalion medical center of the Fourth Ukrainian front in the Carpathian Mountains during the Western Carpathian Offensive, January 1945. Photo by Max Alpert/TASS

Советские зенитчики с автоматической зенитной пушкой во время Западно-Карпатской стратегической операции

A soldier of one of the units of the Fourth Ukrainian Front attacks with a machine gun retreating German forces at the firing point in the Carpathian Mountains, January 1945. Photo by Max Alpert/TASS

Бойцы Четвертого Украинского фронта

Soviet traffic controller is pictured on the square at the Brandenburg Gate after last fights of the Battle of Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Boris Pushkin/TASS

Одна из улиц города после его освобождения от фашистских захватчиков, Германия, Вилленберг

Летчики-бомбардировщики Константин Мулюкин и Павел Плотников (слева направо), Германия

Граждане Франции, освобожденные советскими войсками из немецкого плена, на одной из улиц города после капитуляции Германии

• Советские солдаты во время боя на одной из улиц города в ходе Берлинской наступательной операции Красной армии, Берлин

• Писатель, военный корреспондент Виссарион Саянов, Германия

• Колонна немецких военнопленных на одной из улиц после взятия города советскими войсками, Берлин

• Граждане Франции, освобожденные советскими войсками из немецкого плена

• Встреча советских воинов на площади Ленина, Минск

Soviet Red Army soldiers storm the city, Breslau, February 1945. Photo by Mark Redkin/TASS

Ревизия немецкого склада представителем советского командования

Frontline reporter is being lifted in a tethered balloon basket

Frontline reporter is being lifted in a tethered balloon basket

Frontline correspondents and the Commandant of Berlin Colonel General N. Berzarin

Frontline correspondents and the Commandant of Berlin Colonel General N. Berzarin

Экипаж бомбардировщика перед вылетом на боевое задание

Hours of leisure in the evacuation hospital. 1941-1945 TASSR

Collective farmers of the Kzyl Bayrak agricultural cartel of the Dubyaz district of the TASSR during the transfer of the Red Army plane. 1941-1945 TASSR

In military studies at the school of the Federal Law No. 24, 1938-1945. TASSR

Victory Day May 9 on Bauman Street in Kazan. 1945, Kazan

Victory Day May 9 on Bauman Street in Kazan - the townspeople are dancing. May 9, 1945 Kazan

Pupils of Aishinsky high school in the Yudinsky district on the fields of the Avangard collective farm. 1941-1945 TASSR

Galyautdinova Gayfa, an employee of a flax mill, works on 4 looms, was awarded the medal "For Labor Distinction". 1941-1945 Kazan

Victory Day in Kazan: on Bauman Street, a group of women with flowers. May 9, 1945 Kazan

Pioneers at the cleanup. 1941-1945 TASSR

Purchase and delivery of warm clothes for the Red Army at the plant named after S. Ordzhonikidze. 1941-1945 TASSR

Physical therapy in the hospital №1668 - cycling. 1941-1945 Kazan

Group exercise therapy in Kazan evacuation hospital No. 1668 for the wounded in the upper limbs with damage to the hand. 1941-1945 Kazan

Group exercise therapy in evacuation hospital №1668. Exercises to increase mobility in the lumbar. 1941-1944 Kazan

Group exercise physiotherapy in a hospital №1668 with wounded in the hand. 1941-1945 Kazan

A visit to the evacuation hospital chamber by members of the amateur art circle. 1941-1945 Kazan

Evgeny Mochok is the foreman of the Komsomol youth front-line brigade of the engine-building plant No. 16 during World War II. 1941-1945 Kazan

Teenager Ivan Cheredilin mastered the specialty of a turner. 1941-1945 Kazan

Pioneers and schoolchildren of Kazan at the harvest. 1941-1945 TASSR

Women at work in the candlelight workshop of the Vakhitov plant during the Great Patriotic War. 1941-1945 Kazan

A lengthy section of the tailoring shop No. 2 of the Spartak plant. 1941-1945 Kazan

Stakhanovites at work on the nail shops at the Spartak shoe factory. 1941 - 1945 Kazan

Stakhanovka of the Kzyl-Yul Artel Slasnikova A. joined the ranks of donors. 1941-1945 TASSR

Ovchinikova Maria - turner for the development of special tasks of the Metalist artel. 1941-1945 TASSR

Worker wheelchair artel "Irk" Karymov at work. 1941-1945 TASSR

Karmanov - the brigade leader of the Komsomol front brigade fulfills the norm by 241%. 1941-1945 TASSR

Khasanov N. - locksmith Stakhanovite of the fur factory number 2. Fulfilled the plan by 200%. 1941-1945 Kazan

Tatpolygraph. Label printing for the tobacco factory. 1941-1945 Kazan

Romanov N.V., a worker of a catgut plant. He was awarded the medal "For Labor Distinction". 1941-1945 Kazan

A US officer renders a salute as he meets Soviet soldiers, 1945. Photo by Mark Redkin/TASS

Local people return to the city after the Battle of Berlin, Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Local people and soldiers of the Red Army have a rally in Old Town Square to celebrate the liberation of the city from Nazi German troops, Prague, May 1945. Photo by Rafail Mazelev/TASS

Local people repair the pavement damaged during the battles against Nazi invaders for the liberation of the city, Bernstein, April 1945. Photo by Fyodor Kislov/TASS

Local people celebrate the German surrender and the end of hostilities in Europe, Vienna, May 1945. Photo by Leonid Dorensky/TASS

State symphony Orchestra of the USSR perfoms in Manezhnaya Square during the celebration of the Victory Day, Moscow, May 1945. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov/TASS

Tbilisi airport's aerological officer Ekaterina Krasnikova next to sounding equipment after high alititude flight, Tbilisi, 1945. Photo by P. Lutsenko/TASS

Standard-bearers of the 2nd Byelorussian Front attend the Victory Parade in Red Square, Moscow, June 1945. Photo by Fyodor Kislov/TASS

Горожане с Героем Советского Союза майором И.Г. Кобяковым, Москва

День Победы в Минске

Группа советских воинов в Вене

Soviet soldiers under the command of Lieutenant Asonychev fight for a settlement south-east of Konigsberg, 1945. Photo by Leonid Dorensky/TASS

Советские моряки c жителями освобожденного от японской оккупации Харбина

City residents greet Soviet soldiers, Bulgaria, September 1944. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Soviet wiremen check telephone lines on the streets of Vienna liberated, April, 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Red Army fights against Nazi invaders to liberate Vienna at one of its streets, April 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

A view of a city street after it was liberated from the Nazi German troops, February 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Local people return home after liberation of Budapest from Nazi German troops, February 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Soviet soldier appointed a traffic controller works in Kalvin Square, Budapest 1945. The sign reads: "Death to German Invaders!". Photo by Mikhail Ozersky/TASS

A Red Army soldier watches the blocks occupied by the fascist, Budapest 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Soviet soldiers lay a wreath at the grave of Austrian composer Johann Strauss Jr. after the liberation of the city from the Nazi German occupation, April 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Soviet soldiers fight against Nazi German troops in a street in Budapest. Photo by Boris Losin, L. Leonidov/TASS

T-34 battle tank commander Vasily Sarafonov, Port Arthur, August 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Британский фельдмаршал Бернард Монтгомери, генерал США Дуайт Эйзенхауэр, маршал Советского Союза Георгий Жуков

Soldiers of the Red Army raise the flag of the Soviet Union over the Tempelhof airport after capturing Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Removing scaffolds from the Bronze Horseman, an equestrian statue of Peter the Great, Leningrad, April 1945. Photo by Boris Vasyutinsky/TASS

Soviet intelligence officers of the 1st Guards Mechanized Corps fighting in a street in Vienna, April 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldey/TASS

View of one of the streets of Elbing after the battle to liberate it from the Nazi troops, 1945. Photo by Emmanuil Yevzerikhin/TASS

Обвиняемые Герман Геринг и Рудольф Гесс (слева направо) на скамье подсудимых

Near the Brandenburg Gate, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Local people rally in Old Town Square to celebrate the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi invaders by the Soviet soldiers, Prague, 1945. Photo by Emmanuil Yevzerikhin/TASS

Поэт Евгений Долматовский (стоит на танке справа) во время выступления перед советскими солдатами

Подписание Декларации о поражении Германии

Народные гуляния жителей Минска в День Победы

Мирное население во время возвращения в Берлин после капитуляции Германии во Второй мировой войне

Военная регулировщица Мария Шальнова на одной из улиц Берлина

Водружение красного знамени над Бранденбургскими воротами, Берлин

Советские артиллеристы под Веной после капитуляции Германии

Советские солдаты у городской ратуши, над крышей которой поднят государственный флаг Австрии после освобождения города Вены

Погрузка советской морской пехоты на катера на реке Дунай

Вроцлав после изгнания фашистов. Дети вышли гулять на улицу, Польша

Лейтенант М. Карчава передает по телефону донесение в штаб подразделения во время боев за освобождение Будапешта

Мост Франца Иосифа через реку Дунай, взорванный немцами при отступлении и временно восстановленный саперами Красной Армии

Лейтенант американской армии Фрэнк Нэнкок, освобожденный из немецкого плена, в городском порту Одессы

Soviet soldiers having a break on steps of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldey. TASS

Soviet soldiers lower Nazi banners during Moscow Victory Parade after the end of World War II, Moscow, June 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei. TASS

Marshal of Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov in Victory Parade, Moscow, June 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei. TASS

Performance of the Bolshoi State Symphony Orchestra in Manezh Square, Moscow, May 1945. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov. TASS

Citizens celebrating the Victory Day in Manege Square, Moscow, May 1945. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov. TASS

Soviet soldiers the foot during Victory Parade after the end of World War II, Moscow, June 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei. TASS

The view shows fireworks on Red Square in honour of the Victory of the USSR over Nazi Germany in the Second World War, Moscow, May 1945. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov. TASS

Soviet soldiers throw Nazi banners in Red Square during Victory Parade after the end of World War II, Moscow, June 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei. TASS

Local residents greet Soviet soldiers at the at the railway terminal who returned after world war II. The poster reads: "We are from Berlin!" Minsk, July 1945.Photo by Vladimir Lupeiko. TASS

Moscow salutes the Red Army troops, May 1945. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov. TASS

The Soviet Army soldiers greeted by the citizens of Prague, May 1945. Photo by Emmanuil Evzerikhin. TASS

Local people greet Soviet soldiers after the liberation of the city from the Nazi invaders, Prague, May 1945. Photo by Leonid Dorensky. TASS

Potsdam Conference

Potsdam Conference. Joseph Stalin, Harry S. Truman and Winston Churchill

Hotel Moscow at night

Sports parade on the Red Square. Cameraman

Meeting the demobilized at the Belorussky railway station

Sports parade on the Red Square. Photojournalist Mikhail Trakhman

Anniversary of academician Alexey Krylov

Potsdam Conference, Cecilienhof Palace

Физкультурный парад на Красной площади. Отряд воинов, участников Великой отечественной войны - Героев Советского Союза

Sports parade on the Red Square. Motorcyclists and gymnasts

Potsdam Conference, Cecilienhof Palace

Sports parade on the Red Square. Uzbek delegation dancing Cotton Harvest dance

Preparations for the sports parade on the Red Square. Young women wearing national costumes

Preparations for the sports parade on the Red Square. Girls’ delegation from Ukraine

Preparations for the sports parade on the Red Square. War photojournalist Arkady Shaikhet from Frontovaya Illustratsiya (Front-line illustration) and photojournalist Mikhail Trakhman

Return of the victors. Belorussky railway station

All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Elbe Day. Torgau

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Preparations for the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Women participating in the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Photojournalist Arkady Shaikhet on the set of the All-union sports parade on the Red Square

Sports parade. Column of Krylya Sovetov Sports Club

Meeting the victors at the Belorussky railway station

Guards Senior Lieutenant Ekaterina Ryabova.

Meeting the victors at the Belorussky railway station

View of the mountain

Военные с флагом Югославии на крыше Скупщины

Soviet and Yugoslav flags fluttering over the city. Flying the national flag. Rally

Flying the national flag. Rally

Obelisk atop the grave of Soviet soldiers

Ghetto. Budapest

Obelisk atop the grave of Soviet soldiers

In the streets of Budapest

Obelisk atop the grave of Soviet soldiers

Gestapo building. Berlin

Hoisting the Soviet flag near the Parliament building

Itinerant troupe with a bear. Bucharest

Soviet flag fluttering over Budapest on the roof of Parliament

Soviet flag fluttering over Budapest on the roof of Parliament

On the roof of Hungarian Parliament

Soviet flag fluttering over Budapest on the roof of Parliament

Itinerant troupe with a bear

German DFS-230 glider of Feldwebel Georg (or Jacob) Filius

German DFS-230 glider of Feldwebel Georg (or Jacob) Filius

German DFS-230 glider of Feldwebel Georg (or Jacob) Filius

Third Victory Banner at Berlin Tempelhof Airport with Evgeny Khaldei in the foreground

German DFS-230 glider of Feldwebel Georg (or Jacob) Filius

Germans and Hungarian fascists taken prisoner

Itinerant troupe with a bear. Bucharest

Signalmen repairing communication lines

Return of refugees. Berlin

Signalmen repairing communication lines

Signalmen adjust artillery fire on the outskirts of Budapest

Road signs on the outskirts of Budapest

Victory Banner over the Reichstag

Itinerant troupe with a bear. Bucharest

Road signs on the outskirts of Budapest

“Who needs war”? Blind man with a guide. Berlin

T-34-76 tank (model 1943) produced by Factory N.183 in Nizhny Tagil. Hungary, 1945.

Organ grinder. Bucharest

Organ grinder and shoeshiner

Organ grinder. Bucharest

Writings on the Reichstag building

Poet Yevgeny Dolmatovsky addresses Soviet soldiers at the Brandenburg Gate. Berlin

Organ grinder and shoeshiner

Freight trains. Germany

Organ grinder and shoeshiner

Boy with an accordion, man and girl

All Quiet on the Oder River

Building a river crossing. Near Vienna

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Fire at the commandant’s office. Near Vienna

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

Destroyed bridges in Vienna

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania. Bucharest

In the city’s streets. Dead body. Vienna

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

In the city’s streets. Dead body. Vienna

Demonstrators greet the first government of new Romania

BM-13 Katyusha on the outskirts of Vienna. Austria

Celebrating the victory over Nazi Germany in the streets of the Byelorussian SSR’s capital

Soviet soldiers with allies in Harbin

Soviet soldiers with allies in Harbin

Николай Колташ, танкист

Майор Кравченко Петр Дмитриевич

Танкисты 20-й танковой бригады.

Танкисты войсковой части полевая почта № 42383

Pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Pilots of the 46th Guards Aviation Regiment

Pilots of the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment before the Victory Parade in Moscow

Portraits of pilots of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Portrait of Evdokia Rachkevich, the deputy commander and commissar of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Portrait of Evgenia Zhigulenko, a flight commander of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Разведчики взвода разведки 63-й гвардейской Челябинской танковой бригады на бронетранспортере

Portrait of Valentina Grizodubova, a pilot

Portrait of Natalya Meklin, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union title

Portrait of Natalya Meklin, a pilot of the all-female 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment

Разведчик-связной взвода разведки 63-й гвардейской Челябинской танковой бригады

GAZ-AA light truck Polutorka

Разведчик взвода разведки 63-й гвардейской Челябинской танковой бригады

A propaganda newspaper is delivered to Berlin Tempelhof Airport

Enjoying a little free time on the front. 1945

Marshal Georgy Zhukov inspects the Victory Parade. Moscow. 1945.

Soviet aircraft. Port Arthur

Vladimir Lenin monument

Commander of the 3rd Shock Army, Colonel General V. Kuznetsov awarding the Commander of the 79th Rifle Division, Major General S. Perevertkin

Commander of the 3rd Shock Army, Colonel General V. Kuznetsov awarding the Commander of the 150th Rifle Division, Major General V. Shatilov

Commander-in-chief Colonel General V. Kuznetsov meeting the troops of the 79th Rifle Corps. 3rd Shock Army

Hero of the Soviet Union Colonel F. Zinchenko, Commander of the 756th Rifle Regiment of the 150th Rifle Division

Parade in honor of the Victory over Japan. Commander of the Harbin Garrison Colonel General A. Beloborodov making a speech

Commander of the 43rd Army, Colonel General A. Beloborodov interrogating the captured German General von Saugen

After the capture of Konigsberg

Group picture (9 people). At the Branderburg Gate

Commander of the 3rd Shock Army, Colonel General V. Kuznetsov (first on the right), Member of the Military Council, Major General Litvinov, Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Bushtynovich, Army Chief of the Political Department Colonel F. Lisitsyn and others

Commander of the 3rd Shock Army, Colonel General V. Kuznetsov

Colonel General V. Kuznetsov, Commander of the 3rd Shock Army (on the left). The Battle of Berlin

Commander of the 3rd Shock Army, Colonel General V. Kuznetsov awarding soldiers and officers of his army, participated in the assault on the Reichstag

Commander of the 3rd Shock Army, Colonel General V. Kuznetsov awarding soldiers and officers of his army, participated in the assault on the Reichstag

Sergey Gorshkov, Сommander of the Black Sea naval squadron, Vice Admiral (in full dress uniform with awards)

Portrait of the Hero of the Soviet Union Alexander Nikandrov, Platoon Commander of the 140th Reconnaissance Detachment of the Headquarters of the Pacific Fleet, warrant officer

Portrait of Double Hero of the Soviet Union Viktor Leonov, Commander of the Special Task Detachment of the Northern Fleet

Portrait of the Hero of the Soviet Union Makar Babikov, fighter of the Northern Fleet Reconnaissance Squad. Field Army

The Commander of the Harbin garrison, Colonel General A. Beloborodov (center) reviewing the parade of troops in honor of the victory over Japan

Colonel General A. Beloborodov with officers inspecting captured Japanese tanks

Commander-in-chief of the 1st Far Eastern Red Banner Army Colonel General A. Beloborodov setting a task to an officer

M.G. Kiknadze, Commander of the 1st Guards anti-aircraft artillery division, participating in the Victory Parade

Army commanders of the 1st Belorussian Front at the Victory Parade

Colonel General N. Berzarin, Hero of the Soviet Union, the first Soviet Military Commandant of Berlin

The Soviet officers in a Willis car on Berlin street

Military delegation of the Red Army at the Potsdam Conference. Marshal of the Soviet Union Zhukov

On the roads of war. To the right of the car is Chaika N.D.

Сommand staff of the Belarusian Front at the Victory Parade

At the Victory Parade

Commander-in-chief of the Northern Fleet Admiral A. Golovko and Member of the Military Council of the Northern Fleet A. Nikolaev checking the outfit of the Hero of the Soviet Union Captain of 2nd Rank S. Zyuzin departing for the Victory Parade

Commander of the 6th Guards Tank Army, Double Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel General A. Kravchenko (center) in liberated Prague

«Achilles» M10 tank bombers from the Warsaw Armored Division at the parade in Loretto

Female pilots of the 46th guards night bomber regiment, participants oh the air Parade, at the airport

K. Rokossovsky, Double Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union, Commander of the Victory Parade, cavalier of the Order of Victory in parade dress wearing all awards

K. Rokossovsky (first on the left in the first row), G. Zhukov (second on the right in the first row, in a white jacket), Marshal of Poland Rola-Żymierski

Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Soviet Union, K. Rokossovsky (sitting)

The war is over. Tankers having a rest

Triple Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal G. Zhukov

Portrait of G. Zhukov

The Katyushas, legendary Russian guards mortars at the Victory Parade over Japan

The parade of the Red Army troops in honor of the Victory over Japan

From left to right: A. Novikov, Commander-in-chief of the Air Force; A. Shakhurin, People's Commissar of Aviation Industry of the USSR and A. Yakovlev, aircraft de-signer

Marshal of the Soviet Union A. Vasilevsky (on the day of the Victory Parade in Moscow)

Planes form a five-pointed star. Rehearsal of the parade

Female pilots of the 46th Guards Taman Night Bomber Aviation Regiment during preparation for the Victory Parade

Nine parade aircrafts training in the air in preparation for the air parade in honor of the Victory

A Soviet tank unit together with landed infantrymen in a German village street

Pilots of the nine parade aircrafts in preparation for the air parade in honor of the Victory, which did not take place because of the weather

Pilots opening the air parade in honor of the Victory

Command of the 2nd Belorussian Front

K. Rokossovsky in military uniform and peaked cap

K. Rokossovsky in the hot air balloon gondola, standing in the control cabin in a form of wicker basket

Military Council of the 2nd Belorussian Front

Marshal of the Soviet Union K. Rokossovsky at the headquarters of the 2nd Belorus-sian Front, sitting at the table with a map behind him

Members of the Soviet delegation heading to the ceremony of signing of the Act of Capitulation of Germany

From left to right: Colonel General Malinin, Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov, behind – Lieutenant General K. Telegin, in front on the right – A. Vyshinsky (during the signing of the Act of Capitulation of Germany)

Group photograph. In the foreground on the left – G. Zhukov, on the far right – Colonel General V. Chuikov with a group of soldiers standing in front of the building

Waist portrait. Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov at the Zeelow Heights near Berlin (before the seizure of Berlin), in a greatcoat and a peaked cap

Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov and Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union N. Kuznetsov (right) at the Potsdam conference

Chief of Staff of the 2nd Ukrainian Front, Colonel General M. Zakharov reporting to Marshal of the Soviet Union I. Konev the plan of operation

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

Commander of the 2nd Guards Army, Major General P. Rotmistrov

Marshal of the Soviet Union K. Rokossovsky (right) and British Field Marshal Montgomery after the reception

People's Commissar of the Navy N. Kuznetsov with a group of officers

The Kukryniksy visiting General Katukov

Marshal G. Zhukov (during the signing of the Act of capitulation of Nazi Germany)

Military delegation of the Red Army at the Potsdam Conference. Marshal of the Soviet Union G. Zhukov (middle), Fleet Admiral of the Soviet Union N. Kuznetsov (in black uniform), General of Army A. Antonov (second right), Air Marshal F. Falaleev, Lieutenant General Slavin (second left)

General of Army I. Chernyakhovsky

From left to right: Major General V. Borisov, G. Zhukov, Major General N. Anti-penko, and others

From left to right: V. Kazakov, N. Antipenko, G. Zhukov, K. Telegin

From right to left: G. Zhukov, Air Chief Marshal A. Novikov, Lieutenant General K. Telegin, Member of the Military Councils of the Fronts

From right to left: G. Zhukov, Lieutenant General K. Telegin, Lieutenant of the Medical Service L. Zakharova, personal medical assistant of Marshal Zhukov

Colonel General A. Bogolyubov, Chief of Staff of the 2nd Belorussian Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union, K. Rokossovsky (center), Commander-in-chief of the 2nd Be-lorussian Front, Colonel General, K. Vershinin, Commander of the 4th Air Force Army

Seeing the first echelon with demobilized soldiers from Berlin. July 1945

Authorities of the Chelyabinsk Tankograd (heavy tanks conveyor) at the parade on May 9, 1945. In the front row, the third from the left - I. Salzman, the fifth from the left - N.L.Dukhov

Prisoners of a concentration camp. From the Auschwitz series

The bodies of tortured children in the Auschwitz death camp (Auschwitz)

Soldiers of the 2nd Ukrainian Front at the Parade in honor of the capture of Budapest

Soviet soldiers hoist the Red Banner on one of the buildings of Budapest

Soviet soldiers are fighting on the street of Budapest

Victory Day. Vienna. Dancing in the streets

Motorized soldiers battalion on the streets of Vienna

On the streets of Vienna

A Soviet officer in the Parliament building in Vienna oversees the situation in the city

Prague citizens meet the commander of the 1st Ukrainian Front I.S. Konev

Warsaw ruins after liberation from the German occupation

he ranks of the Krasnograd-Prague Division on tours in Prague. 4th right in the upper row - Guard Senior Sergeant M.G. Moskalenko

The Great Peace and Victory Parade on Carl Johan Highway in Oslo

Victory Parade on the street of a Norwegian town

Former POWs at the Victory Parade in Oslo

Soviet long-range artillery on the eve of the assault on Koenigsberg

One of the assault groups goes on an attack of the Reichstag with the banner of Victory

Street fight in Koenigsberg

Representatives of the Nazi command are sent to sign the act of surrender of Germany

Another quarter of Berlin is taken by force

In defeated Berlin. There is a battle. Destruction. Fire

Tank in the square of Berlin

Parade of the Soviet troops at the ruins of the Reichstag

Soviet soldiers on the armor of a tank in a march on Berlin

Ivan Sokolnikov near Vienna

Flags of victory over Berlin

Near Vienna. Spring 1945

Soviet mortar gunners with regimental mortar at Hofburg Palace in Vienna

Liberated Vienna

Soviet soldiers and officers dance in a Vienna street celebrating the victory over Nazi Germany

A cossack patrol in a Vienna street

Soviet soldiers fight in a Vienna street

Soviet machine gunners fight on the outskirts of Vienna

Traffic controller Alexandra Hvorostyan regulates traffic on a Vienna square

Junior Sergeant B. Lugachev, a fighter in the battles for the liberation of Vienna and the cavalier of the Order of Glory, posing for a cameraman on the roof of a house

A group of French workers forcibly driven by Nazis to Vienna to work at local factories welcome the soldiers of the 3rd Ukrainian Front after the liberation of the city

Soviet sappers rebuild a bridge over a Vienna channel blown up by Nazis

Советские саперы работают на восстановлении моста через канал в г. Вене, взорванный гитлеровцами

Soviet troops cross the square in front of the royal palace in Vienna

The youth column from the 5th district of Vienna heads to a rally dedicated to the liberation of the city by Soviet Army units

Soviet soldiers who fought for the liberation of Vienna walk along a city street with locals

Vienna locals return to their homes after the end of street-to-street battles and the liberation of the city by Soviet troops

A mortar crew under the command of Guards Lieutenant Semotin, who was the first to break into the city centre, on a Vienna square

The distribution of ration cards among citizens of Vienna, with a Soviet representative of the administration present

Family freed from a ghetto

Budapest after liberation

Citizens of Budapest carve a dead horse in a city street to later eat the horse meat

The Parliament Building (1884-1904) in Budapest

The 2nd Ukrainian Front. A column of German soldiers taken prisoner during the Battle for Budapest

Commanders of the 2nd Ukrainian Front give bread to citizens of Budapest

Soviet machine gunners Leshchuk and Bereza fire at the enemy near Budapest

Soviet commanders discuss the restoration of the Franz Joseph Bridge over the Danube. It was destroyed by Nazis during the Soviet offensive on Budapest

Soviet commanders discuss the restoration of the Franz Joseph Bridge over the Danube. It was destroyed by Nazis during the Soviet offensive on Budapest

Destroyed buildings in a Budapest street. People walk along the street

The aircraft of Lieutenant Strobynin, a military pilot, in the sky over Budapest

Soviet troops who engaged in the battles for Budapest take photos in a street after the liberation of Budapest

Citizens of Budapest liberated from Nazis read an order posted on the wall of a house

The interior of a mobile medical unit located in an apartment in Budapest

The body of a Jew murdered by Nazis in a Budapest street

The assault group under Lieutenant Yakov Gorynin’s command fight in a Budapest street

Gunners firing at the enemy in a Budapest street

Bodies of Jews from Budapest brutally tortured by Nazis

Bodies of Jews from Budapest brutally tortured by Nazis

Bodies of Jews from Budapest brutally tortured by Nazis

Bodies of Jews from Budapest brutally tortured by Nazis

Monument to Soviet tank crewmen in Belgrade

On the left Scouting Sergeant Dmitry Philimonov, observation scout for Commander of Infantry of the 336th Infantry Regiment. Recovering at hospital. Poland, Katowice

Polish population liberated by the Red Army

Residents of Warsaw returning home

Residents of Warsaw meet the Red Army and the First Polish Army

Немецкий самолетостроительный завод, захваченный советскими войсками в районе города Познань

Генерал Жан Мари де Латр де Тассиньи обменивается рукопожатием с летчиком авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман»

Советские и французские летчики и авиамеханики наблюдают воздушное дефиле

Reports of French and Russian officers and aircraft mechanics on the day of arrival. France. Paris, Saint-Dizier Airport, June 1945

Министр аэронавтики и вооружения Шарль Тийон поздравляет летчиков авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман» с прибытием на родину

Летчики авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман» на праздничном фуршете

German cemetery at Breast. Graves of the German soldiers killed while fighting with Brest Fortress defenders

Генерал Жан Мари де Латр де Тассиньи беседует с летчиком

Летчики авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман»

The commander of the Normandie-Niemen air regiment, Lt. Col. Louis Delfino, gives an interview. France. Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

Торжественная церемония вручения ордена Почетного Легиона на знамя авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман»

Французские летчики проходят строевым маршем по полю аэродрома. Франция, г. Париж, аэропорт Ле Бурже

Советский механик Юрий Филиппович Федорин и французский летчик Роже Соваж беседуют у самолета

Встречающие авиаполк «Нормандия-Неман»

Истребители Як-3 авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман», подаренные французским летчикам И.В. Сталиным

Возвращение на родину авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман»

Вручение ордена Почетного легиона легендарному авиаполку «Нормандия-Неман»

Министр аэронавтики и вооружения Шарль Тийон вручает орден Почетного легиона легендарному авиаполку «Нормандия-Неман»

Полковник Пьер Пуйяд (с июля 1943 г. по декабрь 1944 г. - командир авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман»)

Ожидание возвращения летчиков авиаполка «Нормандия-Неман» на Родину

The Chief of the General Staff of the French Air Force, General Marsial Valen, awards one of the pilots of the Normandy-Niemen air regiment. France, Paris, Le Bourget Airport, June 1945

Французские летчики, аэропорт Ле Бурже

Показательный воздушный бой

Общение союзников

The aircraft mechanic of the "Normandie-Niemen" regiment Alexander Alekseevich Kapralov

Fighters of the 39th guards cannon artillery brigade and the Americans in the days of their meeting on the Elbe. Germany, Witteberg, May 1945

Before the Victory Parade. In the center, 2nd from left - V.A. Bukreev, a former prisoner of war. Germany, Neustadt, 1945

Встреча на Эльбе. Представители командования 2-го Белорусского фронта и британского командования за столом во время приема

Встреча на Эльбе. Представители командования 2-го Белорусского фронта и британского командования поднимают бокалы за Победу

Встреча на Эльбе. Представители командования 2-го Белорусского фронта на приеме у британского командования

Представители командования 2-го Белорусского фронта и британского командования во время встречи на Эльбе

Представители командования 2-го Белорусского фронта и британского командования во время встречи на Эльбе

Представители командования 2-го Белорусского фронта и британского командования на встрече на Эльбе

Командование 2-го Белорусского фронта во главе с маршалом Советского Союза К.К. Рокоссовским

Встреча на Эльбе

Panorama of the meeting place of the allied forces of the 33rd Army of the 1st Belorussian Front and the 9th US Army. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

General view of the large restored Donbass coal mine 4-21 named after Pravda newspaper. Stalinugol' plant

Allies at the festive table. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Союзники за праздничным столом Германия, г. Цербст

American and Soviet film reporters and photojournalists filming the meeting of the Allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Officers and generals of the allied forces at the concert. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Воины союзных армий Германия, г. Цербст

Soldiers of the Union armies of the 9th US Army and 33rd Army of the 1st Belorussian Front on Victory Day. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Colonel General V.D. Tsvetaev with three female soldiers of the 9th US Army at a meeting of the Allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Performance of the dancer of the ensemble before the participants at the meeting of the allied forces. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

Герой Советского Союза, генерал-полковник В.Д. Цветаев (в 1-м ряду, 2-й справа) с советскими и американскими воинами на встрече

Группа генералов и офицеров союзных войск на встрече союзников Германия, г. Цербст

На встрече союзников Германия, г. Цербст

Генерал-лейтенант У. Симпсон (1-й справа) и генерал-полковник В.Д. Цветаев (2-й справа) у знамени 9-й армии США на встрече

Warriors of the Soviet and American Allied armies at the ceremonial formation during a friendly meeting of the Allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945

American soldiers of the 9th army are carrying the battle flag during a meeting of allies. Germany, Zerbst, May 9, 1945