Captain of the Red Army V. Nikonov with a Soviet PPD submachine gun (modification 1934/38).
Part of the Red Army, commanded by Captain V. Nikonov, destroyed a battalion of the Finnish army.
Source: US Library of Congress.
Source of information about the Captain V. Nikonov photo: Newspaper “Krasnaya Zvezda” No. 168 of July 19, 1941