1945

Soviet scouts of the 1st Guards Mechanized Corps on a street of Vienna during an offensive

Removing protective scaffolds from the Bronze Horseman, an equestrian statue of Peter the Great, Leningrad, April 1945

Soldiers of the Red Army raise the flag of the Soviet Union over the Tempelhof airport after capturing Berlin. May 1945

British Army Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, United States Army General Dwight Eisenhower, Soviet Union Marshal Georgy Zhukov, and French First Army General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (L-R) pose for a group photo after signing the Berlin Declaration. According to the declaration the USSR, the USA, Britain and France assumed supreme authority over Germany, Berlin, June 1945. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei, Fyodor Kislov/TASS

The "T-34" tank crew commander Vasily Sarafonov, Port Arthur Photo by The "T-34" tank crew commander Vasily Sarafonov, Port Arthur/TASS

Soviet soldiers during the fight on the streets of Budapest

Soviet soldiers lay a wreath at the grave of Austrian composer Johann Strauss Jr. after the liberation of the city from the Nazi German occupation. April 1945

Red Army soldier during observes the blocks occupied by the Nazis troops. Budapest, 1945

Soviet traffic controller on Kalvin Square. Budapest, 1945. The sign reads: "Death to German Invaders!"

Budapest residents return home after liberation of the city from Nazi German troops, February 1945

One of the streets of Budapest after the liberation from the Nazi invaders. February 1945

One of the streets of Vienna during the offensive operation of the Soviet army

Soviet signalmen check telephone lines on the streets of liberated Vienna. April 1945

Local residents greet Red Army soldiers, Bulgaria

Soviet sailors greet local people after liberating Harbin from the Japanese occupation, August 1945.