173rd Rifle Division

Image: The infantrymen under Orsha were carefully preparing to break through the defense, they were engaged together with the self-propelled guns

Image: At school before the breakthrough of the defense near Orsha

Image: Soldiers stubbornly master military knowledge in breaks between battles

Image: Bridge on the Vitebsk-Orsha highway, blown up by the Germans while retreating

Image: The village of Babichi (Vitebsk region), burned down by the German fascist invaders. The villagers were driven to hard labor in Germany

Image: Artillery Hero Battery Commander Captain Buts

Image: From Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel - such is the glorious combat path of Nikolai Ivanovich Rabichev - deputy commander of the 979th artillery regiment for combat units, who passed the entire combat path with the division

Image: The commander of the 1313th Rifle Minsk Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Yarovoy Ivan Dmitrievich, who appears more than once in difficult moments of battle in the combat formations of his units

Image: The favorite of soldiers and officers, the division commander Colonel Zaitsev Mikhail Ivanovich Died of severe wounds on February 22, 1944.

Image: Everything that remains of the town of Rossasna (Vitebsk region)

Image: The village of Sysoevo (Smolensk region), burned by the Germans during the retreat

Image: A brave soldier Red Army soldier Sidorenko, who destroyed 15 German fascist soldiers with the fire of his machine gun in one battle alone

Image: Commander of the 979th Artillery Regiment of the Guards Major Medyanov Gleb Evgenievich

Image: Commander of the 1313th Rifle Minsk Order of Kutuzov, 3rd degree regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Balyanov

Image: Commander of the 1315th Rifle Minsk Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Golubev