1945

Capitulation of the Japanese garrison of Matua Island

Chinese people meeting Soviet artillerymen

Column of Japanese POWs on the Leninskaya street in Vladivostok

Column of Japanese POWs on the street of Harbin

Convoy of Soviet motorcyclists on the march in Manchuria

Convoy of Soviet SU-76M self-propelled guns on the march in southern Sakhalin

Convoy of a Soviet tank formation moving through the Big Khingan mountain range

Convoy of T-34-85 tanks of the 2nd Far Eastern Front in Manchuria

Сommander of the 47th Fighter Regiment, Major V. Goltsev after a combat mission

Сommander of the 355th Marine Battalion of the Pacific Fleet, Major M. Barabolko (right) in Seisin

Command of the 39th Army in Port Arthur

Commander of the 2nd Far Eastern Front, General of Army M. Purkaev (left) and the commander of the 56th Rifle Сorps, General A. Dyakonov

Commander of the 91st Infantry Division, Lieutenant General Fusai Tsutsumi arrives for negotiations on the surrender of the Shumshu Island garrison

Commander-in-chief of the 2nd Far Eastern Front, General of Army M. Purkaev with his wife

Commander-in-chief of the Trans-Baikal Front, Marshal of the Soviet Union R. Malinovsky