1941

Residents of the city on the construction of fortifications on the Mozhaiskiy highway during the battle of Moscow

Pilots of the 161st Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 43rd Fighter Aviation Division of the Western Front at the I-16 fighter

Soldiers during hostilities

Army Commander Georgy Zhukov in the 107th Rifle Division. Western front

A village near the town of Dorogobuzh

Special correspondent of Izvestia Pyotr Belyavsky (in a motorcycle sidecar). Western front

Anti-aircraft gunners defend the sky over the capital

Horse train. Western front

Left homeless. Moscow region

«All for the front! All for the victory!”. Girls make mines for the front

Veronica N. Frolova, signal corps operator. There is no further information available.

N. Sichkar – a participant of the battles near Brest in June 1941, Chief of Staff of the 165 Rifle Division of the 70th Army 2nd of the Belorussian Front, participant of the Battle of Berlin in 1945

Throughout the siege of Leningrad, the building of St. Isaac's Cathedral was the main repository of funds created by order of the Leningrad City Council on July 15, 1941 of the "United Museum Economy". Numerous works of art from the collections of the city's museums and suburban palaces-museums were kept here. In the most difficult conditions of the harsh days of the blockade, often at the cost of their own lives, the museum staff managed to save a piece of our country's cultural heritage for posterity. Their professionalism, intense work and personal courage are forever inscribed in the annals of the St. Isaac's Cathedral State Memorial Museum.

In the picture - Ilyin S.T., head physician of the Brest regional hospital, head of the surgical department in June 1941. Member of the partisan movement, in 1943-1944 was the head of the sanitary service of the partisan formations of the Brest region.

Technical staff of the 2nd air squadron of the 5th Guards fighter aviation regiment. Kalinin front, Zalazino village, December 1941.