1945

Soviet submachine gunners under the leadership of Lieutenant A. Asonychev during the battle for the village to the South-East of the city of Konigsberg

In the photo Kovalenko Mikhail Fedorovich, guard senior sergeant. The photo was taken in 1945 in Berlin, after the victory was declared!

Echelon with the Cossacks of the 5th Guards Don Cossack Cavalry Corps goes home. 1945.

Drivers of the fuel supply company, 57th Automobile Regiment, 18th Automobile Brigade during the Great Patriotic War. Photo taken in Germany in 1945. Photo from Malykhin Pavel Stepanovich personal fund (papers), a participant of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945. Ulyotovsky Regional Local History Museum, a branch of the regional cultural institution of the municipal district "Ulyotovsky District" of Zabaykalsky Krai (Trans-Baikal Territory).

Nikolay Mikhailovich Vdovin (upper row, first from the right) among the crew of the border guard ship - 62. Russky Island of Primorsky Krai (Primorye Territory), 1945

Shibalov Evgeny Timofeevich with fellow soldiers at the celebration of Victory Day in Great Patriotic War 1941-1945, 1945, Vienna

Khasanov I.B. (middle), May, 1945. East Prussia

Group of Soviet soldiers who took part in the battles of Vienna, get photographed on a street after city liberation.

Victory Day in Minsk

The Hero of the Soviet Union Major Kobyakov with citizens, Moscow

Melikhov Mikhail Alekseevich, born November 16, 1926, native of Zabrodino village, Lugovskiy rural council, Tal'menskiy district, Altai region. Russian nationality, completed seventh grade education. Served in the Soviet Army since December 1943. Participant of the Great Patriotic War. Awarded medals: "For Courage," "For Victory Over Germany," "For Capture of Berlin," "For Liberation of Prague," and "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy." Member of the VKS(b) since December 1941. During his service in the ranks of the Soviet Army, Sergeant Melikhov M.A. showed himself to be diligent, neat, and disciplined. While serving as senior clerk, he performed his duties promptly and meticulously.

Standard-bearers of the combined unit of the 2nd Belorussian Front during the Victory Parade on the Red Square. Moscow, June 1945

Ekaterina Krasnikova, Atmospheric sounder aerologist of Tbilisi airport by machines after high-altitude flight

Grand State Symphony Orchestra during a performance on Manezhnaya Square on Victory Day. Moscow, May 1945

City residents at the Parliament building during the celebration of the German surrender and the end of hostilities in Europe, Vienna