Village welcomes the liberators,Orel region. In the picture: villagers Solomatovki 1942,taken by M. Markov

Orel

Description for this reads &quot; Girls freed from captivity, thank a Red Army soldier,Smolensk region Elninsko-Dorogobuzh  August 1943.

Smolensk

Original description written by the photographer Alexander Tsyganov May 2nd 1945 reads "To each his own wrote the Nazis over the entrances to concentration camps. Now we rejoice in victory, while they will have a long stay in captivity to rebuild what they destroyed."