1945

On the photo, the 1st from the left is the Commander of the 8th Guards Army, Colonel General V. Chuikov

Captain K. Samsonov, Commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 380th Rifle Regiment

The picture, which has become a classic, is a joint work of A. Arkhipov and M. Redkin and is "assembled" from two negatives

On the photo: the 1st row (bottom): G. Samsonov ("Sovinformbyuro"), R. Mazeev ("Frontline Illustration"), F. Kislov (TASS photo chronicle), L. Zheleznov ("Frontline Illustration"), I. Shagin ("Komsomolskaya Pravda"), O. Knorring ("Red Star"), 2nd row: A. Kapustyansky ("Red Star"), G. Petrusov ("Sovinformbyuro"), R. Carmen (Military Newsreel), 3rd row: A. Arkhipov ("Frontline IIlustration"), M. Redkin ("Frontline Illustration")

From left to right: Captain K. Samsonov, Sergeant M. Yegorov, Specialist M. Kantaria, Senior Sergeant I. Syyanov, Сaptain S. Neustroev, participants in the storming of the Reichstag and the hoisting of the Victory Banner on its roof on May 1, 1945

Captain K. Samsonov, Commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 380th Rifle Regiment

Departure of the allied POW released from captivity to the Allies transfer point (Germany)

Specialist M. Kantaria, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Specialist M. Kantaria, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Soviet officers sightseeing in Berlin

Repatriates (Germany)

Former prisoners of Nazi jails and displaced residents of Europe return home after their release

Fireworks in Moscow

Field Marshal B. Montgomery (Berlin)

TASS photographer Mark Redkin in a wrecked Berlin tram