Soviet Fighter Pilot Major Georgy Osipov in the Cockpit of a Yak-1B, 1943

Soviet Fighter Pilot Major Georgy Osipov in the Cockpit of a Yak-1B, 1943

August 25, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes

Soviet pilot Major Georgy Osipov in the cockpit of a Yak-1B fighter, 1943. Read more


Soviet Tank Heroes Posing Before KV-1 Heavy Tank, Western Front, Winter 1942–1943

Soviet Tank Heroes Posing Before KV-1 Heavy Tank, Western Front, Winter 1942–1943

August 24, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes

Heroes of the Soviet Union pose with a KV-1 heavy tank on the Western Front, winter 1942–1943. Read more


Communist Party Meeting at a Soviet Artillery Battery on the Frontline, Summer 1943

Communist Party Meeting at a Soviet Artillery Battery on the Frontline, Summer 1943

August 18, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes

Communist Party members of a Soviet artillery battery hold a meeting near the frontline in summer 1943. Read more


Portrait of Ivan Bykov, Commander of the “For Leningrad” Partisan Detachment, 1943

Portrait of Ivan Bykov, Commander of the “For Leningrad” Partisan Detachment, 1943

August 15, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes

Ivan Bykov, commander of the “For Leningrad” partisan detachment, led successful sabotage operations against German forces in 1943. Read more


Alexey Alelyukhin in the Cockpit of Yakovlev Yak-1B, Spring 1943

Alexey Alelyukhin in the Cockpit of Yakovlev Yak-1B, Spring 1943

August 12, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes

Alexey Alelyukhin, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, in the cockpit of his Yakovlev Yak-1B with his trademark black panther emblem, spring 1943. Read more


Liberation of Vyazma: Red Army Troops Welcomed by Civilians, March 1943

Liberation of Vyazma: Red Army Troops Welcomed by Civilians, March 1943

August 10, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes

Red Army troops in BA-10 armored cars are greeted by local civilians upon entering Vyazma during its liberation on March 12, 1943, symbolizing freedom after long German occupation. Read more


Red Army Soldiers Inspect the Wreckage of a Shot-Down German Ju-87 Stuka

Red Army Soldiers Inspect the Wreckage of a Shot-Down German Ju-87 Stuka

August 9, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes

Soviet soldiers inspect the wreckage of a downed German Ju-87 Stuka dive bomber during the Battle of Kursk in 1943, a pivotal moment in the war. Read more