Infantry

Poet Yeugeniy Dolmatovskiy (standing on a tank on the right) during a speech to Soviet soldiers at a rally at the Brandenburg Gate after the capture of Berlin

Soldiers of the 2nd Byelorussian Front of the Red Army (left) and soldiers of the Polish People's Army during a break in combats, Poland, 1944

Soviet soldiers at a halt, 1944. Photo by Emmanuil Yevzerikhin/TASS

Fighters of universal military training of Frunzensky district during drill on Rostovskaya embankment of the Moscow river

Soviet shooters in the trenches during the battle, 1942. Photo by Emmanuil Yevzerikhin/TASS

Camouflaged Soviet soldiers are in the battles of the Rybachy Peninsula, Murmansk Region, 1944.

Soviet soldiers at the river crossing. Hungary, 1945

Soviet infantrymen attack enemy lines, 1941 Photo by Max Alpert/TASS

Soviet soldiers repel an enemy attack, Murmansk region, August 1942.

Soldiers of the Red Army raise the flag of the Soviet Union over the Tempelhof airport after capturing Berlin. May 1945

Fighters of the rifle unit of the Kalinin Front during a battle for one of the settlements, 1943. Photo by Leonid Velikzhanin/TASS

Soviet soldiers are well on their way towards the city during the Crimean Offensive Operation

Soviet infantrymen repelling the attack of the German army in the Don area, 1942. Photo by Emmanuil Evzerikhin/TASS

Submachine gunners move to their firing position ahead of a battle, Kerch, 1944. Photo by Max Alpert, Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS

Soviet infantrymen fighting with the German invaders for some settlement, 1943. Photo by Leonid Velikzhanin/TASS