The Battle of Stalingrad

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Кардатов А.М. у Мамаева кургана. 1943 г.

Перед боем. 1942 г.

Soviet military commander Gleb Baklanov (R) studies a map with officers at the division command post, Stalingrad, 1943. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov/TASS

Soviet soldiers defend the city, Stalingrad, 1942. Photo by S.Loskutov/TASS

Механо-сборочный цех Сталинградского тракторного завода имени Ф. Э. Дзержинского

Пожилая женщина на пепелище, Сталинградская область

Одна из городских улиц после налета немецкой авиации, Сталинград

Доставка боеприпасов и продовольствия по реке Волге

Жители на улице разрушенного города, Сталинград

• Слесарь Сталинградского тракторного завода А. Кравцов, добровольно вступивший в ряды Красной Армии

Советские броневики во время движения к линии фронта, Сталинградская область

Советские солдаты в центре города за несколько дней до начала Сталинградской битвы

Warriors of the 13th Guards Rifle Division at firing positions in the area of Mamaev Kurgan

Ferry of the military units in the region of Stalingrad

The fighters of the 671 cannon-artillery regiment of the headquarters reserve firing from 152 mm. howitzers

Ferry in the area of the factory "Red October". Ammunition delivery

Soviet submachine gunners fire at Germans who settled in neighborhoods

Street fights in the city of Stalingrad

Member of the Central Committee of the Communist party Manuilsky D.Z. speaks to the fighters of the Stalingrad Front

The gun crew of the battery, which commands art. Lieutenant N. Konovaltsev, conducts fire on German tanks. Stalingrad. October 1942

Workers of the city are building defensive lines. Stalingrad. 1942

Former defense participant of Tsaritsyn, worker of the factory "Red October" Klimov V.T. firing at the enemy. Stalingrad. November 1942

Workers of the Dzerzhinsky Stalingrad Tractor Plant deliver newly assembled tanks to the Red Army soldiers, 1942. Photo by Emmanuil Evzerikhin/TASS

Колонна военнопленных из 8-й итальянской армии

Residents of Stalingrad look at buildings destroyed by German air raids, 1942. Photo by Emmanuil Evzerikhin/TASS

A man carries a contrabass along a crashed building during a German air raid, Stalingrad 1942. Photo by Emmanuil Yevzerikin/TASS

Рабочие во время ремонта оборудования на одном из заводов города после освобождения его от немецко-фашистских захватчиков

Советские солдаты во время примерки немецких эрзац-валенок в перерыве между сражениями

Taking Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus prisoner

Aircraft returns after bombing

Tent city for builders

Tent city for builders

In the destroyed Stalingrad

Military equipment

Becoming a party member before fighting

Reinforcements are deployed to the right bank of the Volga

Factory in ruins

Factory in ruins

Finding temporary shelter in downed planes in the ruined city.

Stalingrad in ruins

Finding temporary shelter in downed planes in the ruined city

Factory in ruins.

On the platform

Member of the group of Komsomolskaya Pravda journalists working on the ground

Factory in ruins

Factory in ruins

Factory in ruins

Factory in ruins

Girls’ team with a banner

Factory in ruins

Remnants of the Stalingrad Tractor Plant

Factory in ruins

Victory Day Salute on May 9, 1945

Destroyed Stalingrad.

Field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.

Those who build a new Stalingrad.

A tent city for builders.

A tent city for builders.

Military equipment.

In destroyed Stalingrad.

Walking through destroyed Stalingrad

Military equipment.

Chelyabinsk’s Komsomol youth – for Stalingrad.

Those who build a new Stalingrad.

Ruins of Stalingrad Tractor Plant.

Field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.

A tent city for builders.

Ruins of Stalingrad Tractor Plant.

Musician of a symphony orchestra.

Field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.

A tent city for builders.

Symphony orchestra musician.

On the way to Stalingrad.

Stalingrad railway station.

Fighting for Stalingrad.

Ruined Stalingrad.

Children’s Khorovod Fountain.

“Communists, charge at the enemy!” Attack.

House-to-house fighting.

Citizens fleeing the city.

Destroyed Stalingrad

Chelyabinsk’s Komsomolyouth – for Stalingrad.

Wrecked vehicles.

Destroyed city.

Builders’ brigade and field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.

In the destroyed city. Stalingrad.

Defending Krasny Oktyabr Plant

Near Stalingrad. Infantrymen taking a new defensive position

Near Stalingrad. New recruits of the 99th Tank Brigade. Residents of Stalingrad who joined the Red Army rallied to their hometown’s defense on the oath-taking day

Near Stalingrad. Tanks with a tank-borne landing party

Soviet 64th Army fighting in southern suburbs of Stalingrad

Red Army. Delivering fuel through Salsk steppes to Stalingrad

Southwestern Front. Assistant commanding officer Ya. F. Lyashko

Red Army near Stalingrad. V.F. Rengo’s machine-gun fire supports the advance of his military unit

Fighting near Stalingrad

Stalingrad, 1942

Field Army. On the Don River: Cavalrymen as scouts

Gunner of the 2nd Guards Battalion of the armored boats of the Dnieper Flotilla Senior Lieutenant A.F. Oduev

Guards Lieutenant, gunner of the armored boats unit of the Volga military flotilla S.P. Khvatov

Gunners of the 34th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 13th Guards Rifle Division of the 62nd Army firing at the enemy lines

The 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) changing position after the end of the Stalingrad Battle

A column of prisoners of war on the banks of the Volga River

The streets of Stalingrad after the end of the Stalingrad Battle

The streets of Stalingrad after the end of the Stalingrad Battle

The Stalingrad railway station square after the end of the Stalingrad Battle

Cameraman Abram Kazakov films surrendered field marshal Friedrich Paulus, commander of Germany’s Sixth Army

Searching for the enemy in the destroyed plant floor. Stalingrad

Searching for the enemy in the destroyed plant floor. Stalingrad

Searching for the enemy in the destroyed plant floor. Stalingrad

A reconnaissance team goes on a mission. Stalingrad

Scouts. Stalingrad

The building of the department store, in which Marshal Paulus was captured during the Battle of Stalingrad

Nikita Khrushchev, member of the Military Council of the Stalingrad Front, among the soldiers of the 80th Infantry Regiment of the 199th Infantry Division

Stalingrad on fire

The team of the 85-mm anti-aircraft guns of junior lieutenant P. Levchenko, who repulsed the first attack of the enemy’s tanks

Machine gunners fighting on the outskirts of Stalingrad

At a crossing near Stalingrad

The freed station Kotelnikovo

At a river crossing near Stalingrad

Soviet soldiers near the dugouts on the banks of the Volga River. The inscription on the banner says, “Let one day of the new year of 1943 be the day of Nazis’ death in Stalingrad!”

Citizens of Stalingrad near their half-ruined house

A division of propeller-driven snowmobiles engaged in battles near Stalingrad

Soviet soldiers during a battle near the Stalingrad Tractor Plant

A meeting in honor of the liberation of Stalingrad

Soldiers of senior lieutenant Gorunov’s unit engage in combat in a workers’ village on the outskirts of Stalingrad

Riflemen of the unit under Lieutenant Rogov’s command fight on the outskirts of Stalingrad (the sniper is on the right)

Destroyed houses on January 9 Square in Stalingrad

House-to-house fighting on the outskirts of Stalingrad

A Stalingrad district during its defense

Destroyed residential buildings on a Stalingrad street

Lieutenant Ivan Smelkov, the participant of the battles in the area of the river Don

The brigade of Alexandra Cherkasova, a true patriot, clearing the debris from a destroyed building

A column of German soldiers taken prisoner near Stalingrad

Soldiers make German troops retreat from a plant floor on the outskirts of Stalingrad

Troops fight in a settlement northwest of Stalingrad

A mortar crew fires at the enemy’s supporting point on the outskirts of Stalingrad

Italian and Romanian soldiers taken prisoner near Stalingrad are sent to the rear on a barge

Scouts of the unit under command of senior lieutenant Nikolai Savchenko (279th Lisichansk Rifle Division), awarded orders and medals

A group of soldiers makes its way to enemy defences during street-to-street battles on the outskirts of Stalingrad

A group of Romanian soldiers taken prisoner near Stalingrad

German road sign near Kletskaya southwest of Stalingrad

Citizens of Stalingrad examine a downed German plane exhibited in the local central park

The Battle for Stalingrad. Volga Military Flotilla marines making enemies retreat from their positions.

The anti-aircraft team of Lieutenant Filin’s battery at a firing position near the water line. 1942. Stalingrad Front.

Батальонный комиссар 6 Краснознамённой стрелковой дивизии, участник боёв в районе г. Бреста в июне 1941 г. Таркакнов П.С. (в центре). Сталинградская область, п. Свободный, 10.11.1942 г.

Разгрузка боеприпасов. г. Сталинград, 1942 г.

На Сталинградском фронте. Декабрь 1942 г.

У блиндажа. Октябрь 1942 г.

Кардатов А.М. у Мамаева кургана. 1943 г.

Перед боем. 1942 г.

Soviet military commander Gleb Baklanov (R) studies a map with officers at the division command post, Stalingrad, 1943. Photo by Nikolai Sitnikov/TASS

Soviet soldiers defend the city, Stalingrad, 1942. Photo by S.Loskutov/TASS

Механо-сборочный цех Сталинградского тракторного завода имени Ф. Э. Дзержинского

Пожилая женщина на пепелище, Сталинградская область

Одна из городских улиц после налета немецкой авиации, Сталинград

Доставка боеприпасов и продовольствия по реке Волге

Жители на улице разрушенного города, Сталинград

• Слесарь Сталинградского тракторного завода А. Кравцов, добровольно вступивший в ряды Красной Армии

Советские броневики во время движения к линии фронта, Сталинградская область

Советские солдаты в центре города за несколько дней до начала Сталинградской битвы

Warriors of the 13th Guards Rifle Division at firing positions in the area of Mamaev Kurgan

Ferry of the military units in the region of Stalingrad

The fighters of the 671 cannon-artillery regiment of the headquarters reserve firing from 152 mm. howitzers

Ferry in the area of the factory "Red October". Ammunition delivery

Soviet submachine gunners fire at Germans who settled in neighborhoods

Street fights in the city of Stalingrad

Member of the Central Committee of the Communist party Manuilsky D.Z. speaks to the fighters of the Stalingrad Front

The gun crew of the battery, which commands art. Lieutenant N. Konovaltsev, conducts fire on German tanks. Stalingrad. October 1942

Workers of the city are building defensive lines. Stalingrad. 1942

Former defense participant of Tsaritsyn, worker of the factory "Red October" Klimov V.T. firing at the enemy. Stalingrad. November 1942

Workers of the Dzerzhinsky Stalingrad Tractor Plant deliver newly assembled tanks to the Red Army soldiers, 1942. Photo by Emmanuil Evzerikhin/TASS

Колонна военнопленных из 8-й итальянской армии

Residents of Stalingrad look at buildings destroyed by German air raids, 1942. Photo by Emmanuil Evzerikhin/TASS

A man carries a contrabass along a crashed building during a German air raid, Stalingrad 1942. Photo by Emmanuil Yevzerikin/TASS

Рабочие во время ремонта оборудования на одном из заводов города после освобождения его от немецко-фашистских захватчиков

Советские солдаты во время примерки немецких эрзац-валенок в перерыве между сражениями

Taking Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus prisoner

Aircraft returns after bombing

Tent city for builders

Tent city for builders

In the destroyed Stalingrad

Military equipment

Becoming a party member before fighting

Reinforcements are deployed to the right bank of the Volga

Factory in ruins

Factory in ruins

Finding temporary shelter in downed planes in the ruined city.

Stalingrad in ruins

Finding temporary shelter in downed planes in the ruined city

Factory in ruins.

On the platform

Member of the group of Komsomolskaya Pravda journalists working on the ground

Factory in ruins

Factory in ruins

Factory in ruins

Factory in ruins

Girls’ team with a banner

Factory in ruins

Remnants of the Stalingrad Tractor Plant

Factory in ruins

Victory Day Salute on May 9, 1945

Destroyed Stalingrad.

Field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.

Those who build a new Stalingrad.

A tent city for builders.

A tent city for builders.

Military equipment.

In destroyed Stalingrad.

Walking through destroyed Stalingrad

Military equipment.

Chelyabinsk’s Komsomol youth – for Stalingrad.

Those who build a new Stalingrad.

Ruins of Stalingrad Tractor Plant.

Field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.

A tent city for builders.

Ruins of Stalingrad Tractor Plant.

Musician of a symphony orchestra.

Field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.

A tent city for builders.

Symphony orchestra musician.

On the way to Stalingrad.

Stalingrad railway station.

Fighting for Stalingrad.

Ruined Stalingrad.

Children’s Khorovod Fountain.

“Communists, charge at the enemy!” Attack.

House-to-house fighting.

Citizens fleeing the city.

Destroyed Stalingrad

Chelyabinsk’s Komsomolyouth – for Stalingrad.

Wrecked vehicles.

Destroyed city.

Builders’ brigade and field team of Komsomolskaya Pravda editorial staff.

In the destroyed city. Stalingrad.

Defending Krasny Oktyabr Plant

Near Stalingrad. Infantrymen taking a new defensive position

Near Stalingrad. New recruits of the 99th Tank Brigade. Residents of Stalingrad who joined the Red Army rallied to their hometown’s defense on the oath-taking day

Near Stalingrad. Tanks with a tank-borne landing party

Soviet 64th Army fighting in southern suburbs of Stalingrad

Red Army. Delivering fuel through Salsk steppes to Stalingrad

Southwestern Front. Assistant commanding officer Ya. F. Lyashko

Red Army near Stalingrad. V.F. Rengo’s machine-gun fire supports the advance of his military unit

Fighting near Stalingrad

Stalingrad, 1942

Field Army. On the Don River: Cavalrymen as scouts

Gunner of the 2nd Guards Battalion of the armored boats of the Dnieper Flotilla Senior Lieutenant A.F. Oduev

Guards Lieutenant, gunner of the armored boats unit of the Volga military flotilla S.P. Khvatov

Gunners of the 34th Guards Infantry Regiment of the 13th Guards Rifle Division of the 62nd Army firing at the enemy lines

The 152 mm howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) changing position after the end of the Stalingrad Battle

A column of prisoners of war on the banks of the Volga River

The streets of Stalingrad after the end of the Stalingrad Battle

The streets of Stalingrad after the end of the Stalingrad Battle

The Stalingrad railway station square after the end of the Stalingrad Battle

Cameraman Abram Kazakov films surrendered field marshal Friedrich Paulus, commander of Germany’s Sixth Army

Searching for the enemy in the destroyed plant floor. Stalingrad

Searching for the enemy in the destroyed plant floor. Stalingrad

Searching for the enemy in the destroyed plant floor. Stalingrad

A reconnaissance team goes on a mission. Stalingrad

Scouts. Stalingrad

The building of the department store, in which Marshal Paulus was captured during the Battle of Stalingrad

Nikita Khrushchev, member of the Military Council of the Stalingrad Front, among the soldiers of the 80th Infantry Regiment of the 199th Infantry Division

Stalingrad on fire

The team of the 85-mm anti-aircraft guns of junior lieutenant P. Levchenko, who repulsed the first attack of the enemy’s tanks

Machine gunners fighting on the outskirts of Stalingrad

At a crossing near Stalingrad

The freed station Kotelnikovo

At a river crossing near Stalingrad

Soviet soldiers near the dugouts on the banks of the Volga River. The inscription on the banner says, “Let one day of the new year of 1943 be the day of Nazis’ death in Stalingrad!”

Citizens of Stalingrad near their half-ruined house

A division of propeller-driven snowmobiles engaged in battles near Stalingrad

Soviet soldiers during a battle near the Stalingrad Tractor Plant

A meeting in honor of the liberation of Stalingrad

Soldiers of senior lieutenant Gorunov’s unit engage in combat in a workers’ village on the outskirts of Stalingrad

Riflemen of the unit under Lieutenant Rogov’s command fight on the outskirts of Stalingrad (the sniper is on the right)

Destroyed houses on January 9 Square in Stalingrad

House-to-house fighting on the outskirts of Stalingrad

A Stalingrad district during its defense

Destroyed residential buildings on a Stalingrad street

Lieutenant Ivan Smelkov, the participant of the battles in the area of the river Don

The brigade of Alexandra Cherkasova, a true patriot, clearing the debris from a destroyed building

A column of German soldiers taken prisoner near Stalingrad

Soldiers make German troops retreat from a plant floor on the outskirts of Stalingrad

Troops fight in a settlement northwest of Stalingrad

A mortar crew fires at the enemy’s supporting point on the outskirts of Stalingrad

Italian and Romanian soldiers taken prisoner near Stalingrad are sent to the rear on a barge

Scouts of the unit under command of senior lieutenant Nikolai Savchenko (279th Lisichansk Rifle Division), awarded orders and medals

A group of soldiers makes its way to enemy defences during street-to-street battles on the outskirts of Stalingrad

A group of Romanian soldiers taken prisoner near Stalingrad

German road sign near Kletskaya southwest of Stalingrad

Citizens of Stalingrad examine a downed German plane exhibited in the local central park

The Battle for Stalingrad. Volga Military Flotilla marines making enemies retreat from their positions.

The anti-aircraft team of Lieutenant Filin’s battery at a firing position near the water line. 1942. Stalingrad Front.

Батальонный комиссар 6 Краснознамённой стрелковой дивизии, участник боёв в районе г. Бреста в июне 1941 г. Таркакнов П.С. (в центре). Сталинградская область, п. Свободный, 10.11.1942 г.

Разгрузка боеприпасов. г. Сталинград, 1942 г.

На Сталинградском фронте. Декабрь 1942 г.

У блиндажа. Октябрь 1942 г.

Кардатов А.М. у Мамаева кургана. 1943 г.

Кардатов А.М. – участник обороны Брестской крепости в июне 1941 г., старший фельдшер 556 стрелкового полка 196 стрелковой дивизии Сталинградского фронта в 1942 г.

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