Monument to the Soviet soldiers and officers who died in the hospitals of Lipetsk during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.20.11.2015#2742455
A concert held outside the building of the Belorussky Railway Terminal as part of the public patriotic action "Belorussky Railway Terminal. June 22, 1941" dedicated to the Day of Memory and Grief.22.06.2015#2649003
Participants in the public patriotic action "Belorussky Railway Terminal. June 22, 1941" dedicated to the Day of Memory and Grief.22.06.2015#2649068
A veteran is pictured as she takes part in the vigil on Day of Remembrance and Mourning at the memorial "Battle and Labor Glory of Transbaikalians" in Chita (re-focussed).22.06.2013#2207394
A concert staged at Belorussky Rail Terminal square during the "Moscow. Belorussky Rail Terminal. June 22, 1941" commemorative event marking 70 years since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.22.06.2011#926759
A concert staged at Belorussky Rail Terminal square during the "Moscow. Belorussky Rail Terminal. June 22, 1941" commemorative event marking 70 years since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.22.06.2011#926733
Participants attend the "Moscow. Belorussky Rail Terminal. June 22, 1941" commemorative event marking 70 years since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.22.06.2011#926721
City residents attend the "Moscow. Belorussky Rail Terminal. June 22, 1941" commemorative event marking 70 years since the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.22.06.2011#926745
Private Vasily Solovyov, a participant of the celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. 9 May 2005.09.05.2005#794221
Veterans of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) on the Day of Russian Military Honor. A festive ceremony held in front of the monument "300th Anniversary of the Russian Navy."08.08.2003#794213
Students at naval schools taking part in the festive ceremony held in front of the monument "300th Anniversary of the Russian Navy."08.08.2003#794212
The square outside the Bolshoy Theatre, the traditional meeting place of war veterans on the Victory Day. Moscow. May 9, 200309.05.2003#794239
Russian Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov, third right, lower row, meeting with veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, former employees of the USSR and RSFSR Supreme Soviet administrations.06.05.2003#828725
Celebrating the 56th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) at the M. Gorky Central Park of Culture and Recreation on May 9, 2001.09.05.2001#813465
Nuns of the Bogoyavlensky-Anastasiinsky nunnery at the memorial stone laid at the place where Ivan Susanin was killed by foreign interventionists, Domnino settlement.01.08.1996#15960
Unveiling a monument to people killed during the siege of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in Moscow Victory Park in St. Petersburg. The inscription on the pedestal reads: "In memory of thousands of deceased siege victims and city defenders, cremated in the furnaces of a brick plant that was located here."25.01.1995#8423742
Unveiling a monument to people killed during the siege of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in Moscow Victory Park in St. Petersburg. The inscription on the pedestal reads: "In memory of thousands of deceased siege victims and city defenders, cremated in the furnaces of a brick plant that was located here."25.01.1995#8423741
Unveiling a monument to people killed during the siege of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in Moscow Victory Park in St. Petersburg. The inscription on the pedestal reads: "In memory of thousands of deceased siege victims and city defenders, cremated in the furnaces of a brick plant that was located here."25.01.1995#8423740
Great Patriotic War veteran Genrikas Olsauskas advises a client on legal matters in Vilnius, Lithuania.01.11.1994#8423451
Great Patriotic War veteran Genrikas Olsauskas shiws wooden items at his home in Vilnius, Lithuania.01.11.1994#8423450
The head of the USSR visits the Kazakh SSR, May 28-30, 1991. The President's wife, Raisa Gorbacheva, second right, during a visit to the Glory Memorial in the Park of 28 Panfilov Guardsmen in Alma-Ata on the 30th anniversary of victory in the Great Patriotic War. On the left is the Feat monument depicting the heroes who defended Moscow.29.05.1991#6615609
The American "Cascade" orchestra marching in Moscow's central Manege Square on the Victory Day, May 9, 1991.09.05.1991#805513
A festive salute over Moscow in celebration of the 46th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War. May 9, 1991.09.05.1991#805508
Deputy Chair of the Swiss Federal Council and Councillor of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Pierre Aubert visits the Soviet Union. The Swiss delegation headed by Pierre Aubert, left, travelled to Leningrad and visited the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.16.09.1986#8977132
Former guerillas in the Bryansk Region during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) meeting with young people in the Guerilla Clearing, the site of the guerilla base.10.09.1985#822140
Maria Tolstova, Flight Commander with the 175th Guards Close Support Aviation Regiment and a ground attack aircraft pilot during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, at a school in the Vladimir Region.01.09.1985#8367529
Hero of the Soviet Union, Deputy Commander of the 46th guards women's regiment of night bombers of the 4th Air Force Army Nadezhda Popova and Deputy Chairman of the Soviet Veterans Committee Colonel-General of Air Force Nikolai Dagaev.09.05.1985#788817
American student Samantha Smith in Leningrad, who arrived in the Soviet Union at the invitation of Yury Andropov, Secretary-General of the USSR Communist Party, Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet. During her visit to Leningrad, Samantha learned about the city under siege, laid a wreath at the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery and read Tanya Savicheva's diary.18.07.1983#8370053
Medal "For Military Gallantry" issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Vladimir Lenin.01.07.1970#759491
"Fight to the Bitter End" sculpture in the memory of the heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad. The memorial complex at Mamayev Kurgan.01.05.1970#573388
The Historic-Memorial Complex at Mamayev Kurgan in the memory of heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad. Architect Y. Vuchetich.01.05.1970#573387
Members of a Cambodian parliamentary delegation visit Piskaryovo memorial cemetery in Leningrad, the Soviet Union.08.08.1967#6129969
The Motherland Calling sculpture is the central element of a monument-ensemble Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad on Mamayev Hill in Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad. The monument was designed by Yevgeny Vuchetich and Nikolai Nikitin, as well as architects Yakov Belopolsky and Veniamin Dyomin. Construction of the monument began in 1959 and was completed in 1967.20.07.1967#6655756
A visit by President of Cameroon Ahmadou Ahidjo to the USSR. Ahmadou Ahidjo, center, tours Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery during his visit to Leningrad.01.06.1967#6154217
Military parade marking the 48th anniversary of the Great October 1917 Socialist Revolution on Moscow's Red Square.07.11.1965#6010457
The Crimean War (1853-1856). Heroic deed of warrant officer A. Schegolyova and his squadron on Odessa’s pier on April 10, 1854. Print A. Gross. 20.07.1964#162689
Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad. Photo: The Eternal Flame at a common grave of the defenders of Stalingrad on Fallen Fighters Square.19.07.1964#5951207
A visit by Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba Fidel Castro Ruz to the USSR, April 26 - June 3, 1963. Fidel Castro Ruz tours Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery during his visit to Leningrad.15.05.1963#6006705
The Soviet-Japanese War (August 9 - September 3, 1945) pitted the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic against the Japanese Empire and Manchukuo. On August 16, 1945, General Otozo Yamada, Commander of the Kwantung Army, ordered his subordinates to surrender. This photo shows the relocation of Japanese prisoners of war from the surrendered formation of the Japanese Imperial Army.01.09.1945#8649824
The Soviet-Japanese War (August 9 - September 3, 1945) pitted the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic against the Japanese Empire and Manchukuo. In this photo, Soviet officers are meeting with prisoners of war at the Mukden camp, liberated in August 1945 by units of the Red Army's 262nd Rifle Division, part of the 39th Soviet Army's 113 Rifle Corps. The camp's inmates included soldiers from the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.01.09.1945#8649825
The Soviet-Japanese War (August 9 - September 3, 1945) pitted the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic against the Japanese Empire and Manchukuo. This photo shows talks between truce envoys of the surrendering formation of the Japanese Imperial Army and authorized representatives of the Soviet Union on the terms of surrender for the Kwantung Army.16.08.1945#8649826
The Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. On July 10, 1945, the first train carrying demobilized Red Army soldiers left Berlin for the USSR. Lieutenant General Konstantin Telegin, center, says good-bye to Soviet soldiers.10.07.1945#8659767
A shot from the film "Great victory of the Soviet people". Moscow. June 24, 1945. The victory parade. Soviet soldiers throwing down the fascist banners to the Lenin Mausoleum.24.06.1945#2312160
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Koenigsberg offensive operation. Soviet forces storm Konigsberg.09.04.1945#8649823
Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Liberating the Belorussian SSR from Nazi invaders. Distributing food among children and those in need in liberated Minsk. Belorusian State Museum of the Great Patriotic War History Archives.05.07.1944#8688771
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Bobruisk operation. Units of the Red Army's 1st Belarusian Front enter the city of Bobruisk that they have liberated.29.06.1944#8662317
Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Liberating the Belorussian SSR from Nazi invaders. The Bagration strategic offensive in Belorussia. A Red Army storm group is launching an attack under the enemy's fire.25.06.1944#8682752
The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. The Kerch Stronghold. Yekaterina Mikhailova, sanitary instructor of the 369th separate battalion of the marine infantry and senior sanitary instructor of the joint squad of the Coastal Escort Party of the Dunai Military Flotilla, with her brothers-in-arms. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei.23.01.1944#8785829
The Great Patriotic War, 1941-1945. The Gomel-Rechitsa Offensive Operation. Soldiers of the Belorussian Front outside the Beautiful Germany manufactured goods store No. 10 in the liberated town of Rechitsa, Gomel Region.30.11.1943#8659567
Funeral of the soldiers who died liberating Gzhatsk (currently Gagarin, Smolensk Region). The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.06.03.1943#882850
