A selection of photos on the theme of the Great Patriotic War

• A selection of photos on the theme of World War II

Katusha in the captured Berlin, May 1945

The artillery and tank T-34 battle

The gunners in combat

anti-aircraft guns in action

tanks and its T-34

Meal Time

The award tankman

The soldiers on captured German SKODA LT-35

After the battle

Destroyed German tank in the Ukrainian village

The soldiers lined looking at SdKfz 6

The destroyed German technology, Proskurov 1944

The destroyed German engineering 1944

The soldiers inspect the captured German tanks. March 1944

Padded tank PzKpwf IV (T-IV), Zhitomir 1944

An abandoned German technology, in March 1944

The destroyed self-propelled artillery gun Hummel, Germany 1945

The German Hetzer light self-propelled gun after the explosion of ammunition

The two destroyed German self-propelled guns

Soviet amphibian

Somewhere in Germany at the end of the war

Soviet troops captured the German city

Meeting in the woods

Two Scout in a balloon

All around aircraft on the airfield

The pilot near his plane

Pilots near an airplane

The carriage in front of his airplane

Preflight briefing

Prepare for takeoff in the winter

The technician checks the engine performance

pilots in winter camouflage

The soldiers inspect the captured German plane

Checking downed German plane

The German prisoners of war under military escort in Kiev 1944

The German prisoners of war under military escort in Kiev 1944

The German prisoners of war under military escort in Kiev 1944

The German prisoners of war under military escort in Kiev 1944

The military parade in Kiev. 1947

A group of officers in the hospital

Rewarding distinguished soldier, Vienna

Major General Golikov in London

three sailors from the Danube Flotilla

Two army officers and their wives, Germany

Speech by Army Commander Ivan Konev

Marshals Konev and Chuikov

General of the Army 1957

WWII veteran on parade 1970

Lieutenant-General, veteran of the Great Patriotic War. 1983