Abandoned Soviet fighters at Kaunas airfield reveal the difficult transition period of the Red Air Force on the eve of Operation Barbarossa. Among the aircraft captured by German troops in June 1941 were Polikarpov I-15bis, I-153, I-16 fighters, UTI-4 trainers, and modern MiG-3 interceptors of the 15th Fighter Aviation Regiment. Read more
Soviet soldiers examine the wreckage of a German Ju-87D Stuka dive bomber after it was shot down during the Battle of Kursk in 1943. The photograph captures a rare frontline moment when Red Army troops could inspect one of the Luftwaffe's most feared aircraft up close. Read more
LaGG-3 fighter No. 915 of the 88th Fighter Aviation Regiment, carrying the Georgian inscription "For Soviet Georgia", photographed in the North Caucasus during the spring of 1943, providing further evidence of Soviet wartime aircraft funded through civilian contributions. Read more
LaGG-3 fighter No. 932 of the 88th Fighter Aviation Regiment, bearing the Georgian inscription "For Soviet Georgia", photographed in the North Caucasus during the spring of 1943, illustrating how civilians across the Soviet republics contributed to the wartime aviation effort. Read more
Soviet infantrymen of the Kalinin Front gather around a harmonica player before the assault on Velikiye Luki on January 14, 1943, capturing one of the final quiet moments before returning to one of the fiercest battles on the Eastern Front. Read more
Baltic Fleet sailors hold two-year-old Igor, rescued from starvation during the Siege of Leningrad in 1943. The photograph, taken by Boris Kudoyarov, became one of the enduring visual records of civilian survival during the blockade. Read more
"Combat Commander", one of the most iconic photographs of World War II, captures Junior Political Officer Alexey Gordeevich Yeremenko leading Soviet soldiers into battle shortly before he was killed in action on July 12, 1942. Read more