The Battles of Rzhev

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Order Holder, Division Commissar, Guards Regiment Commissar Pavel Fedorovich Lobov.

N.M. Uralsky, commander of Guards Regiment of twice-decorated 8th Guards Panfilov Division.

Order Holder, Guard Battalion Commissar F.D. Tolstunov.

Group of soldiers and officers of 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division.

Lieutenant Colonel F.I. Reshetnikov and Chief of Staff of the Guard Regiment Major I.V. Blinov at the entrance to the dugout.

Washerwomen-soldiers of 19th Guards Infantry Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division ironing underclothes.

Guards Corporal Oruntai Iskakov, gunner-mortar of 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division.

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

Guard Sergeant V.G. Minaev (center) with his crew: Guards Senior Sergeant S. Mulabaev and Guard Sergeant I.E. Khomyakov.

Machine-gunner Guard Sergeant V.G. Minaev of 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division.

Zampolit (deputy commander for political affairs) of 2nd battalion of the 23rd Guards Rifle Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division Major T.A. Safayev.

Commander of the mortar company of 30th Guards Rifle Regiment, Captain V.P. Gadja at lunch.

Red Army Chef Nazarov prepares food for mortarmen in the field

Red Army Chef Nazarov prepares food for mortarmen in the field

Guard Senior Lieutenant L.A. Hakobyan conducts talks with soldiers

Guard Senior Lieutenant N.G. Kungurtsev, commander of the air defense platoon of 30th Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division

Guard petty officer I.D. Rasshchupkin conducts machine gun instructions with his crew; on the left Kashat Muzhikov, on the right Satar Omashev

Major General Ivan Prokofievich Repin (in uniform with awards), participant of the Great Patriotic War, defense of Rzhev

Writer Ilya G. Ehrenburg (right) and American journalist Leland Stowe during their stay in the unit near Rzhev.

Writer Ilya G. Ehrenburg (2nd from the right) and the American journalist Leland Stowe (3rd from the left) in the unit near Rzhev.

Bodies of Rzhev local people brutally tortured by the Nazis.

Order Holder, Division Commissar, Guards Regiment Commissar Pavel Fedorovich Lobov.

N.M. Uralsky, commander of Guards Regiment of twice-decorated 8th Guards Panfilov Division.

Order Holder, Guard Battalion Commissar F.D. Tolstunov.

Group of soldiers and officers of 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division.

Lieutenant Colonel F.I. Reshetnikov and Chief of Staff of the Guard Regiment Major I.V. Blinov at the entrance to the dugout.

Washerwomen-soldiers of 19th Guards Infantry Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division ironing underclothes.

Guards Corporal Oruntai Iskakov, gunner-mortar of 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division.

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

Guard Sergeant V.G. Minaev (center) with his crew: Guards Senior Sergeant S. Mulabaev and Guard Sergeant I.E. Khomyakov.

Machine-gunner Guard Sergeant V.G. Minaev of 30th Guards Infantry Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division.

Zampolit (deputy commander for political affairs) of 2nd battalion of the 23rd Guards Rifle Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division Major T.A. Safayev.

Commander of the mortar company of 30th Guards Rifle Regiment, Captain V.P. Gadja at lunch.

Red Army Chef Nazarov prepares food for mortarmen in the field

Red Army Chef Nazarov prepares food for mortarmen in the field

Guard Senior Lieutenant L.A. Hakobyan conducts talks with soldiers

Guard Senior Lieutenant N.G. Kungurtsev, commander of the air defense platoon of 30th Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division

Guard petty officer I.D. Rasshchupkin conducts machine gun instructions with his crew; on the left Kashat Muzhikov, on the right Satar Omashev

Major General Ivan Prokofievich Repin (in uniform with awards), participant of the Great Patriotic War, defense of Rzhev

Writer Ilya G. Ehrenburg (right) and American journalist Leland Stowe during their stay in the unit near Rzhev.

Writer Ilya G. Ehrenburg (2nd from the right) and the American journalist Leland Stowe (3rd from the left) in the unit near Rzhev.

Bodies of Rzhev local people brutally tortured by the Nazis.

Zampolit (deputy commander for political affairs) of 2nd battalion of the 23rd Guards Rifle Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division Major T.A. Safayev.

Zampolit (deputy commander for political affairs) of 2nd battalion of the 23rd Guards Rifle Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division Major T.A. Safayev.

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