Command and Political Department of the 239th Rifle Division. Western front, February 1942
The division defended the city of Donskoy (Tula region) in November 1941.
From left to right: (reclining) Kolesnik; Kolpakov, party’s instructor of personal records; Smirnyagin; (sitting) Dometiy Skurlatov, Chief of the Political Department; Gaik Martirosyan, Divisio Commander; Nikolay Rodionov, Division Commissar; Georgy Shchelbanin, Chief of Staff; (standing) F. Mikhailov, Secretary of the Communist Party Commission; Zatuchny, Editor of the divisional newspaper; A. Zabiyaka, Deputy Chief of the Political Department; Pereverzev; Kushnarev, adjutant of Division Commander; Troshkin, Evdokimov, Pastor
Command and Political Department of the 239th Rifle Division. Western front, February 1942
The division defended the city of Donskoy (Tula region) in November 1941.
From left to right: (reclining) Kolesnik; Kolpakov, party’s instructor of personal records; Smirnyagin; (sitting) Dometiy Skurlatov, Chief of the Political Department; Gaik Martirosyan, Divisio Commander; Nikolay Rodionov, Division Commissar; Georgy Shchelbanin, Chief of Staff; (standing) F. Mikhailov, Secretary of the Communist Party Commission; Zatuchny, Editor of the divisional newspaper; A. Zabiyaka, Deputy Chief of the Political Department; Pereverzev; Kushnarev, adjutant of Division Commander; Troshkin, Evdokimov, Pastor