Soviet fighter pilots Sergey Yasanis and Kalmyatov stand beside a Lavochkin La-5F fighter aircraft in 1944, representing the experienced Guards aviators of the Red Army Air Force during the final years of World War II. Read more
Ruins of the Assumption Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra after its destruction in 1941, illustrating both the devastation of war and the enduring resilience of one of Eastern Europe’s greatest religious monuments. Read more
A German soldier writes a letter home while sitting on an abandoned Soviet T-34-76 tank during the first year of the German invasion of the USSR, 1941. Read more
Soviet M4A2 Sherman tanks supplied under Lend-Lease advance through Vienna with the 46th Guards Tank Brigade during the final offensive against Nazi Germany, April 9, 1945. Read more
Soviet women volunteers take the military oath in 1942 before joining Red Army artillery and air defense units during the Great Patriotic War. Read more
Guards Sergeant Ivan Samoilov’s Soviet 203-mm B-4 heavy howitzer prepares for action in Germany during the final months of World War II, 1945. Read more
Il-2 Sturmovik aircraft of the Soviet 16th Air Army fly over Berlin on May 1, 1945, documenting the final battle for the German capital. Read more