The faces of WWII Heroes

Image: Party organizer of the 2nd company of the 10th main base of Comrade Gornostaev. His chest is decorated with the Order of the Red Banner and the Medal for Military Merit

Original image: Senior Sergeant Stepanov

Image: Senior Sergeant Stepanov

Original image: Senior Sergeant Comrade Sharanov V.N. blew up 3 enemy bunkers and killed 9 Japanese soldiers

Image: Senior Sergeant Comrade Sharanov V.N. blew up 3 enemy bunkers and killed 9 Japanese soldiers

Original image: Party organizer of the 255th Separate Machine Gun and Artillery Battalion Comrade Mamonov - participant in the assault on the fortifications of the Khutou Fortified Region

Image: Party organizer of the 255th Separate Machine Gun and Artillery Battalion Comrade Mamonov - participant in the assault on the fortifications of the Khutou Fortified Region

Original image: Lance corporal Bondarev. Exemplary, order-obeying warrior

Image: Lance corporal Bondarev. Exemplary, order-obeying warrior

Original image: Foreman Comrade Svirsky removed 36 wounded soldiers from the battlefield and saved the lives of many soldiers

Image: Foreman Comrade Svirsky removed 36 wounded soldiers from the battlefield and saved the lives of many soldiers

Original image: Party organizer of the 3rd company of the 255th Separate machine-gun and artillery battalion, comrade A.S. Vanisov.

Image: Party organizer of the 3rd company of the 255th Separate machine-gun and artillery battalion, comrade A.S. Vanisov.

Original image: The commander of the mortar crew, Comrade Mulyar I.I. His crew on the first day of the battle fired 200 mines on the heads of Japanese samurai

Image: The commander of the mortar crew, Comrade Mulyar I.I. His crew on the first day of the battle fired 200 mines on the heads of Japanese samurai