Faces of war

Anti-aircraft automatic cannon unit of Senior Sergeant A.I. Sidorov, awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Chief of aerial photogrammetry, Petty Officer I. Zaykovsky (right) and photogrammetrist, Sergeant A. Fedorov (left)

Loader of the anti-aircraft unit that shot down five German planes, Private M. Kotolavidze loads the cannon with a clip of shells

Senior scout of one of the units A. Kornienko observing the air, 1943

Excellent recons: Komsomol members A. Venkov and A. Galaktionov)

Sergeant N. Tolsipenkov's anti-aircraft machine gun crew firing on enemy aircrafts

The best sapper of the unit, Sergeant Major V. Pinenkov, awarded the Order of the Red Star and the badge "Excellent sapper"

Guards Red Army soldiers L. Durnov and P. Korolkov, 1944

Sappers Sergeant V. Bulanov and Corporal A. Shishlov making a pass in defense wiring, September 1944

Sapper private P. Shakhov with a mine detector on a battlefield

Sapper P. Belokon during one of the battles, 1944

Sappers Guards Red Army soldier K. Nikitin, Guards Lieutenant Tivilev, Guards Specialist Gornukhin, Guards Red Army soldier Klemin

Leningrad under siege. Cleaning the city

Guard petty officer I.D. Rasshchupkin conducts machine gun instructions with his crew; on the left Kashat Muzhikov, on the right Satar Omashev

Guard Senior Lieutenant N.G. Kungurtsev, commander of the air defense platoon of 30th Regiment of 8th Guards Panfilov Division