The faces of WWII Heroes

Image: The commander of the 2nd battalion, Major Aushev I.A. delivers a report at the Red Army rally of 4 batteries on the 5th anniversary of 1st gap (howitzer artillery regiment) and the combat path for 20 months of the Patriotic War.

Original image: The personnel of the 3rd battery, glorified in battles with the Nazi invaders.

Image: The personnel of the 3rd battery, glorified in battles with the Nazi invaders.

Original image: The gun crew of senior sergeant Kalashnikov (1st battalion) gunner Dmitriev, castle Nikolayev, loader Sosin, installer Vilko, at a firing position near northeastern Novorossiysk, is firing at an enemy battery. The enemy battery fire was suppressed.

Image: The gun crew of senior sergeant Kalashnikov (1st battalion) gunner Dmitriev, castle Nikolayev, loader Sosin, installer Vilko, at a firing position near northeastern Novorossiysk, is firing at an enemy battery. The enemy battery fire was suppressed.

Original image: The platoon commander Lieutenant Mamin conducts classes with the platoon personnel to study the materiel of the theodolite and the procedure for working on it.

Image: The platoon commander Lieutenant Mamin conducts classes with the platoon personnel to study the materiel of the theodolite and the procedure for working on it.

Original image: On the day of May 1, the regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel P.G. Akhtyrchenko, Major G.A. Chernyshev, visited the 2nd battery.

Image: On the day of May 1, the regiment commander, Lieutenant Colonel P.G. Akhtyrchenko, Major G.A. Chernyshev, visited the 2nd battery.

Original image: The agitator of the regiment, Major Mikhailyushchenko S.G. conducts a conversation with the middle commanders on the history of the regiment.

Image: The agitator of the regiment, Major Mikhailyushchenko S.G. conducts a conversation with the middle commanders on the history of the regiment.

Original image: The personnel of the fire platoons of the 6th battery with fire from their powerful howitzers destroyed and suppressed up to a dozen artillery and mortar batteries in the Novorossiysk region, and about 200 Nazis were shot at point-blank range. In battles, they showed themselves: Senior Sergeant Gakkel, gunner Golubev, gun commander Sergeant Baev, fire platoon commander Lieutenant Skotnikov.

Image: The personnel of the fire platoons of the 6th battery with fire from their powerful howitzers destroyed and suppressed up to a dozen artillery and mortar batteries in the Novorossiysk region, and about 200 Nazis were shot at point-blank range. In battles, they showed themselves: Senior Sergeant Gakkel, gunner Golubev, gun commander Sergeant Baev, fire platoon commander Lieutenant Skotnikov.

Original image: Major Chernyshev G.A. reads a letter from workers and employees of the "Umanets" state farm of the Krasnodar Territory, addressed to the soldiers and commanders of our regiment, in which they call on the front soldiers to crush the enemy even stronger.

Image: Major Chernyshev G.A. reads a letter from workers and employees of the "Umanets" state farm of the Krasnodar Territory, addressed to the soldiers and commanders of our regiment, in which they call on the front soldiers to crush the enemy even stronger.