A. S. Averina is a signalman from the 171st separate anti-aircraft artillery division, Private of the Red Army.
On A. S. Averina uniform you can see the sign “Excellent signaller”. The 171st OZAD was formed in 1942 and was stationed in the Ekonomiya Arkhangelsk port area.
A. Averina before the war was a master photographer. In the Red Army, she volunteered in 1942 for the Komsomol recruitment.
A. S. Averina photo source: Severodvinsk City Museum of Local Lore.