1943

Ukrainian Partisan

Pilots, Heroes of the Soviet Union from the light bomber aviation regiment Natalia Meklin, Nadezhda Popova and Evdokia Nikulina. The Belarusian front. 1945 Natalia Meklin in the uniform of a lieutenant with insignia: Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, Badge "Guard", Gold Star medal, Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, Medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus", Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945". Nadezhda Popova in the uniform of a captain with insignia: two Orders of the Patriotic War, 1st Class, the Gold Star Medal, the Order of Lenin, three Orders of the Red Banner, and the Medal for the Defense of the Caucasus. Evdokia Nikulina in the uniform of a major with insignia: the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st Class, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the Guard Badge, the Gold Star Medal, the Order of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, and the Medal for the Defense of the Caucasus.

Building of the department store where Field-Marshal-General Paulus was captured during the Battle of Stalingrad

Commander of the anti-aircraft battery Senior Lieutenant V. Chekmenev and his Deputy Lieutenant Aligberov inspecting military equipment

Red Army soldiers and commanders talk with a local woman from Rzhev, Kalinin Region

Fighter of self-defense group of one of the households of the Frunzensky district of Leningrad, E. P. Epishina on duty

Sappers

Residents of the city hang Red flags at 25 Oktyabrya Prospekt (Nevsky Prospekt) to celebrate breaking the Siege of Leningrad

The anti-aircraft gun-layer Сorporal T.D. Goryachy, awarded with the Order of the Red Star, 1943.

Anti-aircraft gun-layer, Corporal I.M. Bessonov, awarded the Order of the Red Star

Anti-aircraft automatic cannon unit of Senior Sergeant A.I. Sidorov, awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of aerial photogrammetry, Petty Officer I. Zaykovsky (right) and photogrammetrist, Sergeant A. Fedorov (left)

Loader of the anti-aircraft unit that shot down five German planes, Private M. Kotolavidze loads the cannon with a clip of shells

Senior scout of one of the units A. Kornienko observing the air, 1943

Soldiers of Commander Fedorov's unit fight during breaking the Siege of Leningrad