1943

Guards Sergeant A.Popov at the anti-aircraft machine gun during the battle

Red Army move along the assault bridge through the flooded areas

Komsomolets anti-aircraft gunner Sergeant V.I. Fomichev at his anti-aircraft gun. Southern Front, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).

A group of machine gunners moving along the assault bridge through the flooded areas. Kuban, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).

Scouts of the N-unit petty officer class II V.A.Sunyaykin and Sergeant I.S. Muromtsev reporting to captain A.I. Pogorelov on the results of scouting in the area of Novorossiysk, 1943. State Archive (RGAKFD).

Partisan. 1943

Fight near Stalingrad

South-Western front. Unit assistant commander Ya. F. Lyashko

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).

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

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

Nikolai Morenets, Lieutenant, instructor, mountaineer, participant of the operation "Elbrus1943" for removing Nazi flags from Elbrus and installing Soviet ones

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

The grave of a fascist huntsman on the saddle of Elbrus (5320 m)

The Battle for Elbrus has begun (A group of climbers on a snowy slope)