Faces of war

Sitting on the left Konotopov I. - detachment commander; standing on the left Svetlichny A. - company commander.

After leaving the hospital. Sverdlovsk region. 1942 Leftmost F.L. Kokin, Colonel of political department of 62nd Brest-Litovsk fortified area, participant of the battles near Brest in June of 1941. Photo is taken in Nizhnie Sergi township, Sverdlovsk region

F. L. Kokin (2nd to the left with a cane), Colonel of political department of 62nd Brest-Litovsk fortified area, participant of the battles near Brest in June of 1941. Sverdlovsk region. March. 1943

M. Ivushkin among the escaped prisoners of war (in the center). Czechoslovakia, Velikaya Karlovice. 1944-1945

Scout Kostya of the N.T.Shish detachment of the V.M. Molotov brigade of the Pinsk partisan formation. Belarus, 1943-1944

Political officer of the 6th Red Banner Rifle Division P. Tarkaknov (left) presents the Komsomol membership ticket to a soldier T. Koykov. Oryol region, Tim village, 27.01.1942

Holiday center “Repnoe”. Voronezh. 1942 2nd row in the center – P.S. Tarkaknov, Battalion Commissar of 6th Red Banner infantry division, participant of the battles near Brest in June of 1941.

P.S. Tarkaknov (from the right), Battalion Commissar of 6th Red Banner infantry division, participant of the battles near Brest. Voronezh, July,22. 1942

Battalion Commissar of the 6th Red Banner Rifle Division, participant of the battles near Brest in June 1941 P. Tarkaknov (2nd right) among the Red Army officers. Kharkov Region, Chuguev, July 1943

Вид передвижной бани на санях в части генерала-майора Захарова (Западный фронт) Mobile bath (Russian banya) on a sleigh in the unit of Major General Zakharov (Western Front).

Mochalov F.I. died tragically rescuing an aircraft on airfield in Torzhok of Kalinin region in December 1941.

From left to right: commander of a squadron of the 5th Guards fighter aviation regiment Colonel Efremov V.V.; captain Peskov P.I.; lieutenant Laveykin I.P. Five Soviet fighter aircrafts headed by lead pilot Efremov V.V. conducted a battle with 30 German military aircrafts. Our pilots shot down five and took out of action two enemy aircrafts. Laveykin I.P. – participant of combat actions near Brest in June 1941, one of the best Soviet fighter pilots.

N. Belov – a participant of the fighting in the area of Brest in June 1941

Belov N.G. – commander of the 10th composite aviation division, Colonel, participant of combat actions in the Brest region in June 1941.

Belov N.G. – commander of the 10th composite aviation division, Colonel, participant of combat actions in the Brest region in June 1941.