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The Battle for Elbrus has begun (A group of climbers on a snowy slope)Captured weapons by Mount Elbrus (Hotu-Tau pass)Soviet flag on the Western summit of Elbrus (5633 m)Lieutenant Nicolay Gusak, chief of the team that removed the German and installed the Soviet flags on the Western top of ElbrusMembers of the team which tore down the flags of Nazi Germany from the summit of Mount Elbrus, A. Griasnov, L. Korotaev, N. PersiyanovA. Gusev and L. Kels, climbers, participants of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount ElbrusGeorgy (Jury) Odnoblyudov, climber, participant of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount ElbrusBoris Grachev, Senior Lieutenant, participant of the operation for removing the flags of Nazi Germany from the peaks of the Caucasus and planting Soviet flagsMembers of the mountaineering group before climbing to the peaks of Elbrus to install the flags of the USSRAssault group of the Transcaucasian Front that installed Soviet flags instead of German ones on Elbrus peak.Lieutenant A.V. Bagrov and Lieutenant A. A. Nemchinov with the flag of the USSR on the summit of Elbrus
The Battle for Elbrus has begun (A group of climbers on a snowy slope)
Captured weapons by Mount Elbrus (Hotu-Tau pass)
Soviet flag on the Western summit of Elbrus (5633 m)
Lieutenant Nicolay Gusak, chief of the team that removed the German and installed the Soviet flags on the Western top of Elbrus
Members of the team which tore down the flags of Nazi Germany from the summit of Mount Elbrus, A. Griasnov, L. Korotaev, N. Persiyanov
A. Gusev and L. Kels, climbers, participants of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus
Georgy (Jury) Odnoblyudov, climber, participant of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus
Boris Grachev, Senior Lieutenant, participant of the operation for removing the flags of Nazi Germany from the peaks of the Caucasus and planting Soviet flags
Members of the mountaineering group before climbing to the peaks of Elbrus to install the flags of the USSR
Assault group of the Transcaucasian Front that installed Soviet flags instead of German ones on Elbrus peak.
Lieutenant A.V. Bagrov and Lieutenant A. A. Nemchinov with the flag of the USSR on the summit of Elbrus
A. Gusev and L. Kels, climbers, participants of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus
February 1943

A. Gusev and L. Kels, climbers, participants of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus

A. Gusev and L. Kels, climbers, participants of the operation for planting Soviet flags on summit of Mount Elbrus
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