On the day of victory! The most famous pictures of the Great Patriotic War
71 years ago, May became one of the happiest in the history of our country, but happy in a special way - with tear and tears.
We prepared the most famous pictures of the Great Patriotic War, made by fearless photojournalists. Each of these frames is a masterpiece, if only because they were made under very difficult conditions.
We are infinitely grateful to all the winners for the spring and freedom given.
Combat commander
Max Alpert
"Combat" - one of the most famous photographs of the Great Patriotic War. Photographer Maxim Alpert noticed how the Soviet commander rose from the trench and gestured with a TT pistol to signal the offensive. The photographer managed to take a unique shot just a few seconds before the death of the soldier. The last words of the commander, captured in this photo: "Follow me! For the Motherland! Forward!".
The raid of German aviation
Margaret Burke-White
The raid of German aviation on Moscow on July 26, 1941
Children hide from bombing
Boris Yaroslavtsev
June 22, 1941 th. Children hide from bombing
The symbol of courage and heroism of Soviet soldiers
Mark Markov-Greenberg
The most famous photo of Mark Markov-Grinberg, made in 1943 and became a symbol of the courage and heroism of Soviet soldiers.
A volley of Soviet rocket launchers "Katyusha"
Vsevolod Tarasevich
A volley of Soviet rocket launchers "Katyusha" on the outskirts of Vyborg.
Soviet soldiers with a cat
A. Krichevsky
Soviet soldiers with a cat in their arms in Stalingrad.
Soviet soldier gives a light
Pavel Troshkin
A Soviet soldier gives a light to the captured Germans.
The tankmen and the wounded tank "Tiger"
Natalia Bode
On the Kursk Bulge. Tankmen and a damaged tank "Tiger." Commander of the tank, Lieutenant B.V. Smelov shows a hole in the tower of the German tank "Tiger", smashed by the crew of Smelov, Lieutenant Likhnyakevich. This hole was made by an ordinary armor-piercing shell made of a 76-mm tank gun, so the picture was often used for propaganda purposes, showing that the newest and strongest German tanks can be pierced by our T-34.
The death of a Soviet soldier
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The death of a Soviet soldier during the attack.
Soviet soldier with a Czech child
A. Holubova
A Soviet soldier with a Czech child in his arms.
Senior sergeant I. Kireev
Dmitry Baltermants
Senior sergeant I. Kireev fires from a captured German grenade launcher during a night battle in the city of Breslau.
Heavy machine gunner Private Yefim Costin
Vsevolod Tarasevich
Heavy machine gunner Private Yefim Kostin, awarded the Order of the Red Star.
Soviet soldiers in the attack near Leningrad
Vsevolod Tarasevich
Soviet soldiers in the attack near Leningrad during the beginning of the breakthrough of the blockade.
Soviet scouts
Waralbum
Soviet scouts in battle.
Child of War
Michael Trahman
A child of war.
Air Defense Post
Waralbum
The post of anti-aircraft defense on the roof of the hotel "Moscow" in the capital of the country.
The pilot assembles a machine gun belt
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The pilot assembles a machine gun belt.
Battery is firing
Emmanuel Evzerikhin
The battery fires on the defending German troops. Belarus, summer of 1944.
Under the tracks of the tank
Mark Markov-Greenberg
Under the tracks of the tank.
Fountain "Children's dance"
Emmanuel Evzerikhin
Fountain "Children's dance" at the station square of Stalingrad after a raid by fascist aircraft.
Swing of war
Img-fotki
Swing of war.
Maria Shalneva
Eugene Khaldei
Maria Shalneva, corporal of the 87th separate road maintenance battalion, regulates the movement of military equipment near the Reichstag in Berlin, May 1945.
Soviet pilot
Olga Ignatovich
The Soviet pilot feeds the pigeons in moments of rest.
Soviet soldiers are sleeping
Acwsaloon
Soviet soldiers sleep in cars in one of the squares of Prague, 1945.
Returned!
Arkady Shaikhet
Returned!
Residents of Prague
Anatoly Egorov
Residents of Prague welcome the car with the Soviet military.
Young hero
Russalon
Rewarding the young hero.
Banner of Victory over the Reichstag
Eugene Khaldei
Banner of Victory over the Reichstag. Photo by Eugene Khaldei. The first flag was set far from the Reichstag, on the roof of the headquarters of the 8th Guards Army, near the sculpture of an eagle, sitting on the globe. The second is over the Brandenburg Gate. When Khaldei got to the Reichstag of flags, it was already installed very much. Bumping into several fighters, he took out his flag and asked them to help climb onto the roof. Finding a convenient point for shooting, he shot two tapes.
The machine gunner Zina Kozlova
The machine gunner Zina Kozlova.
Killed boy Vitya Cherevichkin with a pigeon in his hands
The murdered boy Vitya Cherevichkin with a pigeon in his hands.
Frame in Times Square
Alfred Eisenstadt
A shot at Times Square in New York during a celebration that began after the announcement of the end of World War II. On it a sailor from an excess of feelings kisses a completely unfamiliar nurse to him.
Soviet soldiers in between battles
Soviet soldiers in between battles.
"Grief", a photo of Dmitry Baltermants
Dmitry Baltermants
"Grief", a photo of Dmitry Baltermants.
Camp and death
Mark Markov-Greenberg
Celebrating the liberation of Prague
Celebrating the liberation of Prague. Guards senior lieutenant with a Czech child
Sand Springs Skotinkina SG
Sand Springs Skotinkina SG Binds a wounded soldier. North-Western Front, 1942
Siege of Leningrad
By melting ice, bread is brought to blockade Leningrad
"Horse. Won. A car"
Dmitry Baltermants
"Horse. Won. A car".
A platoon of snipers is firing
Pavel Troshkin
A platoon of snipers is firing on an airplane in 1943.
German soldiers are being taken prisoner
Oleg Knorring
German soldiers surrender.
Column of prisoners
A column of prisoners in the street of Berlin. In the foreground "Germany's last hope" is the boys from Hitler Youth and Volkssturm.
Lydia Ruslanova
Lidia Ruslanova performs Katyusha on the background of the destroyed Reichstag, in honor of the victory in Germany.
Lydia Litvyak
Lydia Litvyak, pilot of the fighter air regiment, after a combat sortie on the wing of his Yak-1 fighter. On August 1, 1943, Lidia Litvyak carried out 4 sorties, during which she personally knocked down 2 enemy planes and 1 in the group, but she did not return from the fourth sortie - Her plane was damaged by the queue of a German fighter and disappeared without a trace.
Sniper Girl
Girl-sniper of the 1st Baltic Front, 1944.
1st Belorussian Front
The 1st Belorussian Front. On the approaches to Berlin. Küstrin
Autographs of Soviet soldiers
Autographs of Soviet soldiers on the walls of the Reichstag. May 1945
Fights in Budapest
Fights in Budapest. 1945
In the attack, the tank landing
In the attack, the tank landing
G.K. Zhukov at the command post
G.K. Zhukov at the command post. April 1945
We reached Berlin!
We reached Berlin! May 1945
Teeth of a dragon
Dragon's teeth - anti-tank fortifications on the outskirts of Berlin
Column of German prisoners
A column of German prisoners on a street in Berlin. 1945
Red banner above the Reichstag
Red flag above the Reichstag. Photographed on May 2, 1945.
M.V. Kantaria and M.A. Egorov
M.V. Kantaria and M.A. Egorov with one of the assault flags.
G.K. Zhukov
Marshal of the Soviet Union thrice Hero of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov
The white dove of the world, painted by Pablo Picasso in 1949
Pablo Picasso
The white dove of the world, painted by Pablo Picasso in 1949
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