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Soviet soldiers crouched in a trench as a Russian T34 tank passes over them during the Battle of Kursk, 1943.
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Soviet soldiers crouched in a trench as a Russian T34 tank passes over them during the Battle of Kursk, 1943.
Soviet soldier in a street battle on Ferenc Square in Budapest - February 1945.
Soviet Soldiers in Vienna 1945
Red Army soldiers sit on the ruins of the German Reich Chancellery in Berlin looking through boxes of German medals that would never be awarded following the Battle of Berlin and the defeat of the Third Reich. May, 1945
Shipping T-34 tanks on railway platforms, 1943.
Soviet soldiers shell the Berlin quarter with a Maxim machine gun.
October 15, 1944. Day 1212 of the war.
The troops of the Karelian Front broke through the heavily fortified German defenses northwest of Murmansk and on October 15, with the assistance of ships and landing units of the Northern Fleet, captured
an important naval base and a powerful stronghold of enemy defense in the Far North, the city of Petsamo (Pechenga); the settlements of Bolshaya Litsa, Bolshaya were also taken with fighting
Western Litsa, Titovka Island, Titovka River, Porovara, Linahamari, Trifona, Pakkina, Nyasyukka, Kakuri, Luostari, Kolttakyulya, Peyatsamsiyad, Pil-Guyarven.
Mariya Vasilyevna Oktyabrskaya (Russian: Мария Васильевна Октябрьская; 16 August 1905 – 15 March 1944) was a Soviet tank driver and mechanic who fought on the Eastern Front against Nazi Germany during World War II. After her husband was killed fighting in 1941, Oktyabrskaya sold her possessions to donate a tank for the war effort, and requested that she be allowed to drive it. She received and was trained to drive and fix a T-34 medium tank, which she named "Fighting Girlfriend" ("Боевая подруга"). Oktyabrskaya proved her ability and bravery in battle, and was promoted to the rank of sergeant. After she died of wounds from battle in 1944, she was posthumously made a Hero of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union's highest honor for bravery during combat. She was the first female tank driver to be awarded the title.