Brykina Ekaterina Spiridonovna, a resident of Chernsky district of Tula region, served as a signalman during Great Patriotic War. She was drafted in August 1942, and served in the army until the end of war. Photo taken in spring, 1945 in Germany. Later, photograph passed to Chernsk Regional Museum of History and Local Lore named after N.A. Voznesensky.