From the book 'The Soviet Soldier 1941-1945 by Phillip Rio. www.amazon.com/Soviet-Soldier-1941-1945-Philippe-Rio/dp/2... I highly suggest this book if you are interested in Red Army equipment,It's a treasure of information.

[Photo] Red Army soldier Mikhail Alekseevich Yegorov of Soviet 756 Rifle Regiment flying the Soviet flag over the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany, 2 May 1945, photo 2 of 3 | World War II Database

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There is a stubbornly imposed opinion that the PMC “Wagner” today is a kind of “penal battalion”, in which a person sentenced to criminal punishment for committing a serious crime can atone for it with his blood, serving for the good of the country. At the same time, he constantly appeals to the experience of […] The post Is it possible to equate the PMC “Wagner” and the “penitentiary battalions” of the Red Army? appeared first on The Eastern

The combined services giving thanks at the Royal Albert Hall. The picture shows the large Russian flag used as a backcloth.

Germany 1945