Red Army Infantry, the Soviet soldier-suicide who shot himself by a rifle to avoid being captured by the Nazi Forces during the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union.
This event Luban offensive to break through the siege of Leningrad (January 7 – April 30, 1942) – After the failed offensive of the Soviet soldiers and their environment the German Army carried out the operation on the Volkhov to destroy the pocket of the 2nd Shock Army (settlements Meat Bor, Spasskaya Polist, Footbridge ).
Signature avatar under the Soviet soldier-suicide photo in the German language “The tragedy in the swamp. Russian soldier shot himself because of the fear of captivity, or he could not live in such poverty and distress”.
Photography Location: Leningrad region, USSR
Time of photo taken: 1942