Faces of war

Battery of First Lieutenant Alexander Kuznetsov on a firing position in the Carpathian mountains during the West Carpathian operation

Commander of the 21st Guards Rifle Corps, Hero of the Soviet Union Guards Major General Semyon Kozak and Guards Cornel Semyon Yeletskov (left to right) work at an observation post, Austria, April 1945

Sergey Lugansky, commander of a squadron of 270th fighter aviation regiment, twice awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union

Soldiers of the Czechoslovak brigade mortar crew commanded by Captain Koll of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Infantry brigade fight on the Voronezh Front, October 1943. Photo by Alexander Arhipov/TASS

General Gleb Baklanov (on the right) in the division command post. Stalingrad

Machine gunners of the 1st Separate Czechoslovak Brigade performing maintenance of a Maxim machine gun of the 1910 model (Ukrain

Cadet of the Military Institute of Foreign Languages Valeria Bortz, survived member of the “Young Guard” (Berlin)

HUACO ABUBACHIR SAGIDOVICH

HUACO YUNUS IBRAHIMOVICH

Members of a separate sniper company of the 3rd Shock Army, Senior Sergeant O. Marienkina and Second Lieutenant N. Belobrova

Sergeant M. Yegorov, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Captain S. Neustroev, Commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Captain K. Samsonov, Commander of the 1st Rifle Battalion of the 380th Rifle Regiment

Specialist M. Kantaria, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment

Specialist M. Kantaria, scout of the 756th Rifle Regiment