In the photo, Soviet commanders from the 1028th Artillery Regiment of the 52nd Infantry Division.
Soviet commanders, sitting (from left to right): Major of Justice Kacherovsky Khaim Aronovich – member of the military tribunal of the division, Major Shlyamin Alexander Nikolaevich – chief of staff of the regiment, Major Rogoza Sergei Fedorovich – commander of the regiment, Major Ustinov Sergei Georgievich – deputy. Regiment commander for political affairs, Major Arzhatsky Nikolai Grigorievich – party organizer of the regiment.
Soviet commanders, standing (from left to right): Captain Aleksey Timofeevich Kochelaba – 1st assistant chief of staff of the regiment, Captain Petr Alekseevich Mikhin – commander of the 1st division, Captain Mikhail Vyskrebentsev – commander of the 2nd division, captain Yaryshkin Pyotr Maksimovich – commander 3rd division.
The photo of the Soviet commanders was taken in Czechoslovakia in May 1945, a few days before the dispatch of the artillery regiment as part of the division to the Far East, where the regiment actively participated in the defeat of the Kwantung Army, receiving the honorary name “Khingansky”.
Soviet commanders photo source: family archive.
Location: Czechoslovakia
Photo time: May 1945