The Soviet command staff of the 385th Infantry Division of the Red Army Force.
Soviet command staff from left to right, first row: unknown; Major General Dmitry Ivanovich Smirnov, commander of the 121st Infantry Corps of the 49th Army; Commander of the 385th Infantry Division, Colonel Mitrofan Fedorovich Suprunov; his drill deputy, Colonel Nikolai Andreevich Dudnikov; Colonel Alexander Frolovich Khalin, commander of the 1270th rifle regiment (died April 21, 1945 when a shell hit the observation point on the Oder river);
second row: commander of the 1266th regiment, lieutenant colonel Fedor Vasilievich Konovalov; division commander artillery lieutenant colonel Mikhail Ivanovich Shleinikov; the commander of the 1268th regiment, Major Andrei Vasilyevich Tarusin; unknown; Lieutenant Colonel F.I. Tymoshenko.
Source: Museum them. Mv Frunze, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
Sources of information about the Soviet command staff photo:
- 385-division.livejournal.com
- V. Deev, R. Petrenko “Killed kilometers”. Frunze, 1973
Location: Poland
Date: September 1944