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Motorcycle scouts near Rzhev, Kalinin front, 1942.A group of Russian motorcycle scouts from the 2nd Guards Motorcycle Regiment, 30th Army, wearing summer camouflage suits from 1937 and riding new Indian 741B motorcycles, most probably among the first batch delivered to the USSR under the Lend-Lease programme. A motorcycle with a sidecar, probably restored at the Serpukhov motorcycle factory, is a trophy German Zundapp KS-750.

Motorcycle scouts near Rzhev, Kalinin front, 1942.A group of Russian motorcycle scouts from the 2nd Guards Motorcycle Regiment, 30th Army, wearing summer camouflage suits from 1937 and riding new Indian 741B motorcycles, most probably among the first batch delivered to the USSR under the Lend-Lease programme. A motorcycle with a sidecar, probably restored at the Serpukhov motorcycle factory, is a trophy German Zundapp KS-750.
A military messenger student of one of the artillery units is given a task. The Kalinin front. 1942Submariners. The Kalinin front. 1942-43.
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Photos from collection Olga Ignatovich: a rare view at war through the lens of the Soviet female photographer

Personnel passing by and carrying the banner of the 1st Guards Air Assault Corps in front of Marshal I.S. Konev at an airfield. Soviet Il-2 attack aircrafts are seen in the background. 1945

Personnel passing by and carrying the banner of the 1st Guards Air Assault Corps in front of Marshal I.S. Konev at an airfield. Soviet Il-2 attack aircrafts are seen in the background. 1945

Carrying the banner of the 1st Guards Air Assault Corps. 1945

Carrying the banner of the 1st Guards Air Assault Corps. 1945

Marshal I. S. Konev in the 1st Guards Air Assault Corps. 1945

Marshal I. S. Konev in the 1st Guards Air Assault Corps. 1945

Colonel Alexander Pokryshkin, commander of the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Poland, June - mid-August 1944

Colonel Alexander Pokryshkin, commander of the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Division, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Poland, June - mid-August 1944

A Soviet pilot, with the rank of lieutenant, puts on a parachute before a flight, standing on the wing of an American Bell P-39 Aerocobra aircraft, tail number 32. In flight plan, you can see a map and a family photo. 1945

A Soviet pilot, with the rank of lieutenant, puts on a parachute before a flight, standing on the wing of an American Bell P-39 "Aerocobra" aircraft, tail number 32. In flight plan, you can see a map and a family photo. 1945

A Soviet pilot, with the rank of lieutenant, puts on a parachute before a flight, standing on the wing of an American Bell P-39 Aerocobra aircraft, tail number 32. 1945

A Soviet pilot, with the rank of lieutenant, puts on a parachute before a flight, standing on the wing of an American Bell P-39 "Aerocobra" aircraft, tail number 32. 1945

A Soviet pilot, with the rank of lieutenant, puts on a parachute before a flight, standing on the wing of an American Bell P-39 Aerocobra aircraft, tail number 32. 1945

A Soviet pilot, with the rank of lieutenant, puts on a parachute before a flight, standing on the wing of an American Bell P-39 "Aerocobra" aircraft, tail number 32. 1945

A major conducts pre-flight training for a junior lieutenant in the cockpit of an American Bell P-39 Aerocobra aircraft delivered to the USSR under Lend-Lease. 1945

A major conducts pre-flight training for a junior lieutenant in the cockpit of an American Bell P-39 "Aerocobra" aircraft delivered to the USSR under Lend-Lease. 1945

Soviet pilots in front of an American Bell P-39 Aerocobra plane. 1945

Soviet pilots in front of an American Bell P-39 "Aerocobra" plane. 1945

Saying goodbye to the demobilised. Vienna, Austria. 1945

Saying goodbye to the demobilised. Vienna, Austria. 1945

Soviet female traffic controller. 1944-45

Soviet female traffic controller. 1944-45

Entering the German town of Glogau. In captured Glogau. (now Glogów - Poland). Glogau, East Prussia. March-April 1945

Entering the German town of Glogau. In captured Glogau. (now Glogów - Poland). Glogau, East Prussia. March-April 1945

Destroyed Wehrmacht building. Forst, Germany. April 1945

Destroyed Wehrmacht building. Forst, Germany. April 1945

The town of Forst after capture by Soviet troops. Forst, Germany. April 1945

The town of Forst after capture by Soviet troops. Forst, Germany. April 1945

German officers taken prisoner. Germany. 1945

German officers taken prisoner. Germany. 1945

The town of Forst after capture by Soviet troops. Forst, Germany. April 1945

The town of Forst after capture by Soviet troops. Forst, Germany. April 1945

Captured Germans rebuild the city. Forst, Germany. 1945

Captured Germans rebuild the city. Forst, Germany. 1945

Captured Germans rebuild the city. Forst, Germany. 1945

Captured Germans rebuild the city. Forst, Germany. 1945

The captured fortress city of Głogów. Glogau, Germany (now Glogów, Poland). March-April 1945

The captured fortress city of Głogów. Glogau, Germany (now Glogów, Poland). March-April 1945

Return. A blown up German 10.5cm Flak 38 air defence gun. Germany. 1944-1945

Return. A blown up German 10.5cm Flak 38 air defence gun. Germany. 1944-1945

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