The Great Patriotic War

Image: Bridge on the Vitebsk-Orsha highway, blown up by the Germans while retreating

Original image: Soldiers stubbornly master military knowledge in breaks between battles

Image: Soldiers stubbornly master military knowledge in breaks between battles

Original image: At school before the breakthrough of the defense near Orsha

Image: At school before the breakthrough of the defense near Orsha

Original image: The infantrymen under Orsha were carefully preparing to break through the defense, they were engaged together with the self-propelled guns

Image: The infantrymen under Orsha were carefully preparing to break through the defense, they were engaged together with the self-propelled guns

Original image: Before the fight. Political information

Image: Before the fight. Political information

Original 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.

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: After the capture of Orsha. Road signs and posters are written by a Red Army soldier - a sapper

Image: After the capture of Orsha. Road signs and posters are written by a Red Army soldier - a sapper

Original image: Blown up bridge over the Orshanka river

Image: Blown up bridge over the Orshanka river