Major General Zakharov V. F. welcomes the division at the solemn meeting on the occasion of awarding the Order of the Red Banner division for the liberation of the North Caucasus and the Kuban River during the Great Patriotic War of the Russian Nation in the Soviet Russia (June 22, 1941 – May 09, 1945).
Major General Zakharov is commander of the 2nd Guards Infantry Division of the Red Army Rifle Force.
The Eastern Front of the Nazi Wehrmacht during the Second World War in Europe.
Photography Location: Krymskaya (now Krymsk), Krasnodar Krai, Soviet Union
Time when the photo was taken: 19 June 1943