Soviet soldiers of the 756th Infantry Regiment, M. Yegorov and M. Kantaria hoisting the Soviet banner, on the roof of Reichstag. Kantaria hoisted the Soviet flag over the Reichstag, in the 2nd of May 1945, but the first Soviet soldier to do it was a more less known soldier, Mikhail Minin.
May, 1945
Soviet infantry attacking, with T-34’s supporting
”Defend the City of Lenin”
Happy New Year to all of my followers!
Soviet sniper Sgt. Tsyrendashi Dorzhiev in firing position
Leningrad Front, 1942
A ”son of the regiment” wearing the Order of the Red Star, surrounded by his admirers.
1944
‘I graduated from the rocket academy. One of the generals, General Borisoglebsky, said on graduation day, hey, let’s have a drink. It was May. He, the general, said, life is not a bowl of cherries. Not long ago, he said, I was chairman of a court-martial committee and we condemned a GRU officer to be shot for treason.’
Soviet troops on march in winter. SU-76 SPG column drives along the road.
6th Guards Breakthrough Tank Regiment (2nd Guards Tank Army, commander colonel general S.I. Bogdanov)
Soviet tank landing party
Germany, April 1945
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