Destroyed German Messerschmitt Bf 109G-5 fighter aircraft photographed on the Eastern Front. The burned-out wreck was preserved in the personal wartime archive of Soviet artillery reconnaissance officer Gilel A. Mirlin. Read more
Senior Lieutenant Gilel Avseyevich Mirlin, commander of an artillery battery of the 644th Corps Artillery Regiment, photographed during the difficult months of 1941. Before the war, he was a professional geologist whose scientific career was interrupted by the German invasion. Read more
Officers and personnel of the Artillery Instrumental Reconnaissance Department of the 1st Ukrainian Front during the final stage of World War II. Read more
Marshal Ivan Konev and Colonel General Dmitry Lelyushenko observe the battlefield from a pine tree during the Neisse offensive in April 1945. Read more
Soviet KV-1 heavy tank abandoned after becoming immobilized near Romny during the German advance into Ukraine in September 1941. Read more
Two Soviet Red Army infantrymen advance under foggy conditions during the Battle of Leningrad. The photograph captures frontline infantry operating on the approaches to the besieged city in autumn 1941. Read more
Soviet air defense observation post on the roof of Hotel Moskva during German air raids on the Soviet capital. These observers provided early warning, helping coordinate anti-aircraft defenses and civil defense during the Battle of Moscow. Read more