Photos WW2 Soviet Forces

[Иван Феоктистов]

A platoon of sailors. Stalingrad, summer 1942. Photo: G. Zelma.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

The commanding staff of the 2nd company of the 178th rifle regiment of the NKVD troops of the USSR for the protection of especially important industrial enterprises on the Mamayev Kurgan, July 1942. From right to left: political instructor Bezuglov, platoon commander Davydov, machine-gun platoon commander Bormatov, company commander Burlakov, assistant company commander Potaskaev.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

City Defense Committee of Stalingrad. From left to right - A.I. Voronin, A.S. Chuyanov (chairman) and I.F. Zimenkov. 1942

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Soldiers of the 178th Rifle Regiment of the NKVD are building defensive structures in Stalingrad. July 1942

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

"At the forefront". Stalingrad, 1942 Photo: G. Zelma.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Women dig trenches near the Don River, 1942.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

German self-propelled guns Marder III on the outskirts of Stalingrad.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

A teaching skeleton (probably from a school biology classroom) meets German soldiers on their way to Stalingrad, 1942.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Killed German tank crews in the Stalingrad region, June 17, 1942.

Photographer: Georgy Zelma

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Drawing stars on the plane. Stalingrad Front, July 1942.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Repair team of technician-lieutenant T.P. Timchenko at the field airport for the repair of the Yak-1 fighter plane. Stalingrad area, 1942.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Downed German bomber Heinkel He.111 (Heinkel He.111) on the street of Stalingrad, August 1942.

Judging by the emblem, the vehicle belonged to the 55th Bomber Squadron "Grif" (KG 55 "Greif").

Author: Georgy Zelma.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Stalingrad, August 1942, photo by Yakov Ryumkin.
Checking documents by the military on the streets.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Final instructions before the fight. A division of Soviet light tanks T-26 in the vicinity of Stalingrad. Southwestern Front, 1942

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

The technique came. Stalingrad, 1942

Photo: G. Zelma.

Crews occupy tanks in the yard of STZ

STZ workers escort tankers to the front

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

STZ militias in military training. Stalingrad direction, 1942

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Soldiers of the Red Army near the village of Tsimlyanskaya. 1942 year.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Machine gunners of the 138th rifle division A. Rudakov and G. Zubov are firing at enemy aircraft from the PV-1 anti-aircraft machine gun. 1942 year.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Calculation of a 37-mm automatic anti-aircraft gun at a position in the Stalingrad region. August 1942