On January 27, 1944 the Red Army finally lifted the siege of Leningrad. These contrasting images of the city during the days of the war...

Decisive moment in the victory at Stalingrad. On January 26, 1943 Soviet forces captured the heights of Mamayev Kurgan in the city of...

Hero of the Soviet Union, Ace Pilot and and Night Bomber. Hero of the Soviet Union, Nadezhda Popova, ace pilot and and night bomber was...

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, murdered November 29, 1941 "You hang me now, but I'm not alone. There are 200 million of us. You can't hang us...

Red Army troops fight to retake the city of Rostov-on-Don, November 27, 1941 On November 27, 1941 the Red Army's 37th Army under the...

T-34 Tank Monument in Honour of the Mongolian Revolutionary Tank Brigade, Ulan Bator 1976 -- Daily LIFT #324 The 112th "Revolutionary...

Red Army troops march through Red Square on the 24th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, November 7, 1941 -- Daily...

"At dawn on November 6, 1943, on the eve of Great October, the Red Army has seized Kiev, the capital of Soviet Ukraine" - quote from a...

Written 20 years after the end of the war, this is a thrilling eyewitness account of the battle for the Reichstag in the final days of...