Red Army soldiers in happy times... Not clear (lack of caption) whether they are elated they could depart to the front and fight for their homeland, or - happy to go home... In the majority of combat scenes the Soviet soldiers are seen without wearing a helmet, probably on account of steel shortage... On this photo, their uniform as well as their helmets are spic-and-span... All seem to be close in age - makes one wonder if this is a staged photo. - The answer may lie in the eyes of the beholder.

Dance to the music

Red Army soldiers - male and female - are about to board a troop train to return home from occupied Germany in 1945. The wagons are decorated with the portraits of their Supreme Leader, Stalin. - The poster on top proclaims: " We have done away with the Germans, may the Homeland embrace us".

Homebound

Soviet armor and tank-borne infantry at the Brandenburg Gate; Berlin, 1945.