The famous polar pilot Hero of the Soviet Union (future twice Hero of the Soviet Union) Red Army captain Boris Safonov reading a newspaper.
The photo was taken in Boris Safonov’s apartment in Vaenga city (now the city of Severomorsk in the Russian Federation).
The Boris Safonov photo source: dmitry-korzhov.livejournal.com.
Location: Vaenga, Murmansk region, USSR
Photo time: December 1941
Author: Evgeny Khaldei