Soviet ace fighter pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Baranov. Stalingrad, 1942. Soviet pilots didn’t want to paint German crosses on their plane to show their victories like western pilots did, it was a dishonour for them to have enemy emblems on their aircraft.



M.Baranov

Red Army forces on the move inside Vienna, the Austrian capital; spring 1945.

Tanks and horses

Russian tankist who obviously escaped the modern Bracen Bull, only to die from his horrible wounds outside the tank. 