A volunteer excavates the site of a mass grave of unidentified Soviet soldiers that were killed during WWII, about 450km north of Moscow in Pochinok on May 3, 2009. History enthusiasts were struggling to identify soldiers' remains and unite them with their relatives. 221 Soviet soldiers, both Russian and Estonian, were unearthed at this location. 

Pochinok

A volunteer displays unearthed Soviet Red Army identity capsules, about 450km north of Moscow outside of Demyansk on May 3, 2009. Each capsule contains a slip of paper with the name of its bearer, like modern day dog tags. 

Capsules

A Russian WWII history enthusiast excavates the site of a mass grave for unidentified Soviet soldiers that were killed during WWII in Pochinok, Russia on May 3, 2009.