Faces of war

Director of the staff of the 1st fighter aviation Army Colonel Belov N.G. (on the left) and Commissar Dukhovny P.I. (on the right). Kalinin front, may 5, 1942.

Director of the staff of the 1st fighter aviation Army Colonel Belov N.G. (on the left) and Commissar Dukhovny P.I. (on the right). Kalinin front, may 5, 1942.

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

Commander of the 10th composite aviation division assigns a mission to a pilot. Forward air-field near Smolensk, July 1941.

Commander of the 10th composite aviation division assigns a mission to a pilot. Forward air-field near Smolensk, July 1941.

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

Commander of aviation of the 30th Army Colonel Belov N.G. 1941-1942.

Commander of aviation of the 30th Army Colonel Belov N.G. 1941-1942.

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

Head of the political department of the 186th Rifle Division of the Western Front Lieutenant Colonel D.A.Nelepa (on the right), a participant in fightings near Brest in June 1941, thanks Deputy Head of the political department and Komsomol assistant. The Kalinin Front, 1942-1943.

Head of the political department of the 186th Rifle Division of the Western Front Lieutenant Colonel D.A.Nelepa (on the right), a participant in fightings near Brest in June 1941, thanks Deputy Head of the political department and Komsomol assistant. The Kalinin Front, 1942-1943.

Head of the political department of the 186th Rifle Division of the Western Front Lieutenant Colonel D.A.Nelepa (on the right), a participant in fightings near Brest in June 1941, thanks Deputy Head of the political department and Komsomol assistant. The Kalinin Front, 1942-1943.

Head of the political department of the 186th Rifle Division of the Western Front D.A. Nelepa (1st from the left), a participant in fightings near Brest in June 1941. The Kalinin Front, 1942-1943.

Head of the political department of the 186th Rifle Division of the Western Front D.A. Nelepa (1st from the left), a participant in fightings near Brest in June 1941. The Kalinin Front, 1942-1943.

Head of the political department of the 186th Rifle Division of the Western Front D.A. Nelepa (1st from the left), a participant in fightings near Brest in June 1941. The Kalinin Front, 1942-1943.

Сity meets guardsmen. Flowers for winners

Сity meets guardsmen. Flowers for winners

Сity meets guardsmen. Flowers for winners

Dostanko Nikolay Ivanovich (on the left) sergeant or senior sergeant after parade

Dostanko Nikolay Ivanovich (on the left) sergeant or senior sergeant after parade

Dostanko Nikolay Ivanovich (on the left) sergeant or senior sergeant after parade

Servicemen of the 103rd separate Air Surveillance, Alert and Communications Battalion of the 62nd Army.

Servicemen of the 103rd separate Air Surveillance, Alert and Communications Battalion of the 62nd Army.

Servicemen of the 103rd separate Air Surveillance, Alert and Communications Battalion of the 62nd Army.

I.I. Klykova and his fellow-soldiers in Romania.

I.I. Klykova and his fellow-soldiers in Romania.

I.I. Klykov is the Komsomol organiser of the 1st Company of the 70th separate Air Surveillance, Alert and Communications Battalion of the Stalingrad Red Banner Air Defence Corps with the same militia in Romania.

Komsomol organiser I.I. Klykova.

Komsomol organiser I.I. Klykova.

I.I. Klykov is the Komsomol organiser of the 1st Company of the 70th separate Surveillance, Alert and Communications Battalion of the Stalingrad Red Banner Air Defence Corps.

Coordinating Surgeon A.I. Tkacheva

Coordinating Surgeon A.I. Tkacheva

A.I. Tkacheva – Coordinating surgeon of the Surgical Field Mobile Hospital No. 4368, Captain of the Medical Service

Operating Sister Maria Besedina.

Operating Sister Maria Besedina.

Besedina Maria Andreyevna – squaddy, surgical nurse at the Mobile Surgical Field Hospital No. 5253 of the 4th Guards Tank Army.

Soldiers of the 103rd separate Air Warning and Communications Battalion of the 84th Division.

Soldiers of the 103rd separate Air Warning and Communications Battalion of the 84th Division.

Soldiers of the 103rd separate Air Warning and Communications Battalion of the 84th Division of the Stalingrad Front, formed in early 1942 from volunteer young women from Chkalov (now Orenburg) Region (Poznan, Poland).

Komsomol organizer I.I. Klykova with a group of the sanitary members of public order squad.

Komsomol organizer I.I. Klykova with a group of the sanitary members of public order squad.

I.I. Klykova – Komsomol organiser of the 1st Company of the 70th separate Surveillance, Alert and Communications Battalion of the Stalingrad Red Banner Air Defence Corps with a group of sanitary squads.

Medical Company doctors of the 47th Separate Brigade of the 1st Tkachev Strike Army.

Medical Company doctors of the 47th Separate Brigade of the 1st Tkachev Strike Army.

Medical Company doctors of the 47th Separate Brigade of the 1st Tkachev Strike Army - Tkacheva Anna (left) and Zinaida Shuvatkina before being sent to the front near Moscow.

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