Month: October 2017

Soviet pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union Guard Major Nikolai Pinchuk with his family on vacation after the war (July-August 1945) in the village of Budenovka, the Republic of Belarus.…

The parade of Soviet liberators of Bobruisk city – the 96th Ilovaiskaya Guards Rifle Division. The commander of the division, Major-General Kuznetsov Sergey Nikolaevich takes from the locals a symbol…

Soviet soldiers of the Red Army, participating in the assault on Koenigsberg the German city return to their homeland in the railway train. Location: Konigsberg Date: 1945 Author: Mikhail Savin

The commander of the Soviet scouts platoon, junior lieutenant P. Burdovitsyn, and the observer, Vahir Saidov, monitor the enemy’s movement using the TR-4X trench periscope. South-Western Front. Location: USSR Date:…

Soviet army machine-gunners with 7.62-mm light machine gun DP (Degtyarev-infantry, Degtyaryov machine gun). DP (index GAU – 56-R-321) – light machine gun of the Soviet Army, developed by the Soviet…

Soviet sailors from the Northern Fleet of USSR inspect fragments of the shot down German Junkers Ju 88 two-engine bomber. In the photo lieutenant and two sailors of the Red…

Soviet SU-76M self-propelled artillery of the Red Army in Vienna, Austria. SU-76 – Soviet self-propelled artillery system, used in the Great Patriotic War. The self-propelled gun was made on the…

Unknown Soviet tankman – a mechanic-driver of KV-1 heavy tank (Clement Voroshilov) of the Red Army. Location: USSR Date: 1942 Author: Natalia Bode

Unknown Soviet mechanic-driver of the KV-1 heavy tank of the Red Army. Location: USSR Date: 1942 Author: Natalia Bode

The Potsdam Conference. The Soviet delegation, headed by the Chairman of the State Defense Committee of the USSR, Joseph Stalin. At the table is also present Clement Attlee, who replaced…