World War II Arthur Bondar Collection

A broken Soviet 76 mm division gun USV in a dairy farm near Sevastopol. The weapon was most likely used by the Germans as a trophy. May 1944

A broken Soviet 76 mm division gun USV in a dairy farm near Sevastopol. The weapon was most likely used by the Germans as a trophy. May 1944
The 35th battery was destroyed by Soviet troops during the evacuation of Sevastopol in 1942. May 1944Wounded Germans and Romanians in the area of the 35th battery near Sevastopol. 13 May 1944
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Photos from collection Liberation of Crimea. 1944

A group of employees of the medical unit at the commander's car. The 142nd Medical Unit two kilometres east of the village of Shuli, 91st Infantry Division, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 8 May 1944

A group of employees of the medical unit at the commander's car. The 142nd Medical Unit two kilometres east of the village of Shuli, 91st Infantry Division, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 8 May 1944

Artist of the medical unit N.G. Yakovlev during the evacuation. South bank of the Sivash, near crossing no. 2, evacuation point 30, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 15 April 1944

Artist of the medical unit N.G. Yakovlev during the evacuation. South bank of the Sivash, near crossing no. 2, evacuation point 30, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 15 April 1944

A type of wounded man awaiting his fate. Surgical field mobile hospital 5245, deployed in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

A type of wounded man awaiting his fate. Surgical field mobile hospital 5245, deployed in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

Rest of the wounded after being plastered. On the right: E.S. Maiboroda, A.I. Nelipa, I.I. Kovalyov, V.I. Muratov, sorting evacuation hospital 1091 at Partizany station, Shuli village, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 6 April 1944

Rest of the wounded after being plastered. On the right: E.S. Maiboroda, A.I. Nelipa, I.I. Kovalyov, V.I. Muratov, sorting evacuation hospital 1091 at Partizany station, Shuli village, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 6 April 1944

Captain Korotkov Alexander Yakovlevich registering an incoming - Private Gini Sanikidze wounded near Sevastopol. surgical field mobile hospital 5245, deployed in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

Captain Korotkov Alexander Yakovlevich registering an incoming - Private Gini Sanikidze wounded near Sevastopol. surgical field mobile hospital 5245, deployed in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

Private Grigory Efimenko and Lieutenant Fyodor Chirkin, wounded near Sevastopol, waiting for evacuation, adjusting a razor. Bakhchisarai (Solonchak), Special Surgical Field Mobile Hospital 781, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 20 April 1944

Private Grigory Efimenko and Lieutenant Fyodor Chirkin, wounded near Sevastopol, waiting for evacuation, adjusting a razor. Bakhchisarai (Solonchak), Special Surgical Field Mobile Hospital 781, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 20 April 1944

Type of wounded. 520 Medical Unit in the village of Shuli, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 24 April 1944

Type of wounded. 520 Medical Unit in the village of Shuli, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 24 April 1944

Crimea. April-May 1944

Crimea. April-May 1944

Blood transfusion to Sergeant Ivan Zhuzhenov. ( Nurse Katya Kalenda on the right, and Guards Petty Officer Potapenko.) 27th Medical Unit in the village of Ai-Todor, 4th Ukrainian Front. 22 April 1944

Blood transfusion to Sergeant Ivan Zhuzhenov. ( Nurse Katya Kalenda on the right, and Guards Petty Officer Potapenko.) 27th Medical Unit in the village of Ai-Todor, 4th Ukrainian Front. 22 April 1944

Local residents stuff mattresses for the incoming wounded. Surgical field mobile hospital 5245 deployed in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

Local residents stuff mattresses for the incoming wounded. Surgical field mobile hospital 5245 deployed in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

The entrance to the palace. A view of Bakhchisarai from the mosque window. Surgical field mobile hospital 5245 deployed in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

The entrance to the palace. A view of Bakhchisarai from the mosque window. Surgical field mobile hospital 5245 deployed in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

A warning announcement on the territory of the Khan's Palace. Bakhchisarai. 21 April 1944

A warning announcement on the territory of the Khan's Palace. Bakhchisarai. 21 April 1944

A view of Bakhchisarai from the mosque window. Surgical field mobile hospital 5245 deployed in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

A view of Bakhchisarai from the mosque window. Surgical field mobile hospital 5245 deployed in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

Tatar cemetery in the courtyard of the mosque. Surgical field hospital 5245 in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

Tatar cemetery in the courtyard of the mosque. Surgical field hospital 5245 in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

Tatar cemetery in the courtyard of the mosque. Surgical field hospital 5245 in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

Tatar cemetery in the courtyard of the mosque. Surgical field hospital 5245 in the mosque of the Khan's Palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

A canteen of the 1376th regiment in the village of Verkhny Chergun. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 25 April 1944

A canteen of the 1376th regiment in the village of Verkhny Chergun. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 25 April 1944

Wounded G.A. Sklyar, taken to the medical unit with a damaged machine gun. The field medical unit of the 105th regiment in the village of Verkhny Chergun, 77th Infantry Division, Primorskaya Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 26 April 1944

Wounded G.A. Sklyar, taken to the medical unit with a damaged machine gun. The field medical unit of the 105th regiment in the village of Verkhny Chergun, 77th Infantry Division, Primorskaya Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 26 April 1944

Landscape in the area of Solonchak. Bakhchisarai Surgical Field Hospital 781, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. April 20, 1944

Landscape in the area of Solonchak. Bakhchisarai Surgical Field Hospital 781, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. April 20, 1944

A nurse leading a wounded man for transportation (to the field medical unit of the 1372 infantry regiment in the village of Chergun). The field medical unit of the 665th regiment two kilometres south of height 125.7 (Fedyukhiny heights), 216th Infantry Division, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 9 May 1944

A nurse leading a wounded man for transportation (to the field medical unit of the 1372 infantry regiment in the village of Chergun). The field medical unit of the 665th regiment two kilometres south of height 125.7 (Fedyukhiny heights), 216th Infantry Division, 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 9 May 1944

Wounded men sunbathing. Surgical field hospital 5245 deployed in the mosque of the Khan's palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

Wounded men sunbathing. Surgical field hospital 5245 deployed in the mosque of the Khan's palace in Bakhchisarai. 51st Army, 4th Ukrainian Front. 21 April 1944

All from collection Liberation of Crimea. 1944

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