The faces of WWII Heroes

Image: Belarusian collective farmers greeted their liberators with tears of joy. For two years their village was in the hands of the partisans, for two years they fought a fierce struggle with the Germans.

Original image: In the Belarusian village after the deadly battles

Image: In the Belarusian village after the deadly battles

Original image: The division commander, Colonel Klimakhin Sergei Efimovich, under whose command the division was one of the first to enter the capital of Belarus - the city of Minsk

Image: The division commander, Colonel Klimakhin Sergei Efimovich, under whose command the division was one of the first to enter the capital of Belarus - the city of Minsk

Original image: Head of the Political Department of the Guards Division Colonel Kosachev Alexander Ivanovich, having burst into Minsk together with the vanguard, hoisted the Red Banner over the building of the Government of the Byelorussian SSR

Image: Head of the Political Department of the Guards Division Colonel Kosachev Alexander Ivanovich, having burst into Minsk together with the vanguard, hoisted the Red Banner over the building of the Government of the Byelorussian SSR

Original image: Forward to Minsk! - and everyone was in a hurry to quickly rescue the capital of Belarus from German bondage

Image: Forward to Minsk! - and everyone was in a hurry to quickly rescue the capital of Belarus from German bondage

Original image: To Minsk! - And not knowing fatigue, the soldiers made a march with battles of 30-35 km per day

Image: To Minsk! - And not knowing fatigue, the soldiers made a march with battles of 30-35 km per day

Original image: Let's get to Berlin! …

Image: Let's get to Berlin! …

Original image: Hero of the battles for Suwalki - commander of the machine-gun crew Sergeant Isakov Yakov Nikolaevich

Image: Hero of the battles for Suwalki - commander of the machine-gun crew Sergeant Isakov Yakov Nikolaevich