1945

During army classes in factory school #24. 1938-1945. Tatar Soviet Republic

Kolkhozniks of agricultural cartel “Kzil Bayrak” in Dubyazskiy region, Tatar Soviet Republic, handover airplane to Red Army. 1941-1945. Tatar Soviet Republic

At leisure in evacuation hospital. 1941-1945. Tatar Soviet Republic

Gavriil Emelyanovich Tsyavko (sitting first on the right) with a reconnaissance company. September 1945. Gavriil Emelyanovich Tsyavko (sitting first on the right) with his comrades in arms. September 1945.

Shugurov N.M. Germany. 1945. GKU GAK. F. R-1215. Op. 9. D. 7

Crew of a bomber aircraft before taking off to combat mission Crew members of a bomber get ready to a combat flight, April 1945. Photo by Boris Myasnikov/TASS

Frontline correspondents and the Commandant of Berlin Colonel General N. Berzarin

Frontline correspondent makes the ascent in the basket of a tethered balloon

Revision of the German warehouse by the Soviet command representative (R) to supply food to citizens after the capture of the city by the allied forces and the surrender of Germany, Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Mark Redkin/TASS

Soviet Red Army soldiers storm the city, Breslau, February 1945. Photo by Mark Redkin/TASS

Local people greet Soviet soldiers. The banner reads "Our cause is just. We won", Minsk

French citizens liberated by Soviet troops from German captivity during a meeting with Red Army soldiers on a city street after the surrender of Germany, Berlin, May 1945. Photo by Mark Redkin/TASS

Meeting of Soviet soldiers with liberated French citizens, Berlin, May 1945.

French citizens released by Soviet troops from German captivity on one of the streets of the city after the German surrender

Writer, war correspondent Vissarion Sayanov, Germany