In Photos: Soviet Wartime Memories
This year marks 10 years since the founding of Moscow’s Lumiere Brothers Center of Photography. It's also the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory in World War II.
To mark both anniversaries, the center, which curates Soviet and Russian 20th-century photography, is sharing photos from its collection that showcase military photography in the U.S.S.R.
Here's a look at the photos, which document the Soviet Union's World War II memories:
To mark both anniversaries, the center, which curates Soviet and Russian 20th-century photography, is sharing photos from its collection that showcase military photography in the U.S.S.R.
Here's a look at the photos, which document the Soviet Union's World War II memories:
Red Army soldier V. Kochetkov dances before trains leave for the front. June 25, 1941.
Alexander Ustinov / The Lumiere Brothers Center of Photography
A Leningrad partisan shooter fires on enemy aircraft, 1941.
Mikhail Trakhman / The Lumiere Brothers Center of Photography
(L) Victory banner over the Reichstag, 1945.
(R) Combat, 1942.
(R) Combat, 1942.
Yevgeny Khaldei, Max Alpert / The Lumiere Brothers Center of Photography
Stalingrad in minutes of calm, 1942-1943.
Yakov Ruymkin / The Lumiere Brothers Center of Photography
A meeting with family near Belgorod, 1943.
Yakov Ruymkin / The Lumiere Brothers Center of Photography
To Moscow with victory,1945.
Mikhail Grachyov / The Lumiere Brothers Center of Photography
Returning from the front, 1945.
Alexander Petrusov / The Lumiere Brothers Center of Photography
Victory parade in Moscow, June 24, 1945.
Mikhail Trakhman / The Lumiere Brothers Center of Photography
A victory salute. View of the Kremlin at night, 1945.
Yakov Khalip / The Lumiere Brothers Center of Photography
