Gatchina, The commander of the detachment of the 47th Separate Engineering Battalion of the 224th Infantry Division, Sergeant of the Red Army Silin Pavel Kharitonovich (1914-1986), raises the Red flag of the Soviet Army of the fire tower of the Skye House in Gatchina liberated from the Nazi invaders. The Great Patriotic War of the Russian Nation.
Eastern Front of the Wehrmacht during World War Two in the Soviet Russia.
Sources of information about the photo:
2. The newspaper Leningradskaya Pravda No. 023 (8747) of January 27, 1944
3. profilib.com
4. gatchinka.ru
6. izi.travel
7. www.gorod.gatchin.biz
Location: Gatchina city, Leningrad Region, USSR
Time when the photo was taken: January 26, 1944
Author: David Trachtenberg