Tragedy near Kiev
Members of the mountaineering group before climbing to the peaks of Elbrus to install the flags of the USSR
Marshal Georgy Zhukov in liberated Kiev
Boris Grachev, Senior Lieutenant, participant of the operation for removing the flags of Nazi Germany from the peaks of the Caucasus and planting Soviet flags
Crossing of the Dnieper
Georgy (Jury) Odnoblyudov, climber, participant of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus
A. Gusev and L. Kels, climbers, participants of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus
Members of the team which tore down the flags of Nazi Germany from the summit of Mount Elbrus, A. Griasnov, L. Korotaev, N. Persiyanov
Lieutenant Nicolay Gusak,  chief of the team that removed the German and installed the Soviet flags on the Western top of Elbrus
Soviet flag on the Western summit of Elbrus (5633 m)
Captured weapons by Mount Elbrus (Hotu-Tau pass)
Georgy (Jury) Odnoblyudov, climber, participant of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus
February 1943

Georgy (Jury) Odnoblyudov, climber, participant of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus

Georgy (Jury) Odnoblyudov, climber, participant of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus

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