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)
The Battle for Elbrus has begun (A group of climbers on a snowy slope)
The grave of a fascist huntsman on the saddle of Elbrus (5320 m)
Brothers Gabriel and Beknu Khergiani, partisans, participants of removing of Nazi flags operation from Elbrus peak and installing Soviet flags there
Nikolai Morenets, Lieutenant, instructor, mountaineer, participant of the operation "Elbrus1943" for removing Nazi flags from Elbrus and installing Soviet ones
Yevgeny Beletsky, Honored Master of Sports, participant of the operation for removing the flags of Nazi Germany from the summit of Mount Elbrus  and planting Soviet flags
Vladislav Lubenets, Senior Lieutenant, participant of the operation for removing the flags of Nazi Germany from the summit of Mount Elbrus  and planting Soviet flags
A group of soldiers and commanders of the 414 Anapa Infantry Division who made a mark in the battles for the liberation of Taman: from left to right - Sergeant Gaygadze, Lieutenant Liagawa, Captain Tsulukadze and Lieutenant A.S. Kvaratskhelia, 1943.  State Archive (RGAKFD).
South-Western front. Unit assistant commander Ya. F. Lyashko
Brothers Gabriel and Beknu Khergiani, partisans, participants of removing of Nazi flags operation from Elbrus peak and installing Soviet flags there
February 1943

Brothers Gabriel and Beknu Khergiani, partisans, participants of removing of Nazi flags operation from Elbrus peak and installing Soviet flags there

Brothers Gabriel and Beknu Khergiani, partisans, participantы of the operation for removing the flags of Nazi Germany from the summit of Mount Elbrus and planting Soviet flags

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