1945

Military traffic controller Maria Shalnova on one of the streets of Berlin. Germany, May 1945

Civilians during their return to Berlin after the German surrender in World War II

Minsk residents celebrate the Victory Day, May 1945

Deputy commander of the 1st Belorussian Front, Soviet general Vasily Sokolovsky, general of the US Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, representative of the Supreme Command of the Red Army, Commander of the 1st Belorussian Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov, Deputy People’s Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the USSR Andrey Vyshinsky (L-R) participate in the signing of the Berlin Declaration proclaiming the unconditional surrender of Germany and the assumption of supreme authority over Germany by the governments of the USSR, the United Kingdom, the USA and France, Berlin, June 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

To Berlin

In the foreground is a man in a white t-shirt and dark pants. In the background, a group of people (servicemen). One of them is sitting on a chair, playing the accordion. The picture shows I. Nezdolgiy and N. Zemtsov - participants of the Great Patriotic War during a respite perform a circus act, Germany, Altlimritz. On the reverse side of the image is a handwritten text (blue paste) with the inscription: "Respite. Germany, Altimit (before Berlin), Guards soldier I. Nesdolgiy juggling plate. Helps him on the tower – Guards soldier Nikolai Zemtsov (now he lives in Tula). Soldiers are happy to watch this circus act (47 GV. s/d), April 1945."

This photo was given to the Museum by veterans of the 47th Guards Rifle Division, who liberated Gukovo from the occupation

The picture depicts a city street, along which soldiers are moving on horse carts, and residents with armbands are walking. The building is partially destroyed and white canvases are visible from the Windows. At the bottom of the image is an inscription: "Berlin may 4, 1945" The photo was given to the Museum by veterans of the 47th Guards Rifle Division, who liberated Gukovo from the occupation

Soviet officers at the Reichstag Building in Berlin. May 25, 1945

The photo shows two fighters standing Against the background of tall bushes. They shake hands. Pimenov A.K. is smiling, looking into the lens. On the back of the photo there is an inscription made by Pimenov: "I am in a cap. Pimenov on the Victory Day on the banks of the Elbe River. May 9, 1945"

Poet Yeugeniy Dolmatovskiy (standing on a tank on the right) during a speech to Soviet soldiers at a rally at the Brandenburg Gate after the capture of Berlin

Rally on the Staromestskaya square in honor of the Soviet soldiers who liberated the city from the German invaders, Prague

At the Brandenburg Gate. May 1945

Reichmarshall Hermann Goring (C) and Hitler's deputy leader Rudolf Hess (R) accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity attend the session of the international Nuremberg trials in courtroom 600 of the Palace of Justice, Nuremburg, December 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

View of one of the streets of Elbing after its liberation from the Nazi troops, 1945