1943

Captured weapons by Mount Elbrus (Hotu-Tau pass)

Soviet flag on the Western summit of Elbrus (5633 m)

Lieutenant Nicolay Gusak, chief of the team that removed the German and installed the Soviet flags on the Western top of 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

A. Gusev and L. Kels, climbers, participants 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

Crossing of the Dnieper

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

Marshal Georgy Zhukov in liberated Kiev

Members of the mountaineering group before climbing to the peaks of Elbrus to install the flags of the USSR

Tragedy near Kiev

Group photograph (7 people). The assault group of the Transcaucasian Front that installed Soviet flags instead of German ones on Mount Elbrus. From left to right: Junior Lieutenant A. A. Nemchinov, lieutenants: A.V. Bagrov (head in a hat), G. K. Sulakvelidze, N. P. Marinets, Junior Lieutenant Yu. V. Odnoblyudov, N.A. lieutenants Gusak and B.V. Grachev

Khreshchatyk in ruins. Kiev

“Our goal is Kiev!” Crossing the Dniepr

Lieutenant A.V. Bagrov and Lieutenant A. A. Nemchinov with the flag of the USSR on the summit of Elbrus