The future Soviet fighter ace as a dashing young lieutenant, 1941.  He appears to be smoking a "papirosa" cigarette, a popular gasper in the Soviet Union at the time, incorporating a cardboard temporary cigarette holder, not to mention tobacco that was nothing if not strong.  What they incorporated for his lung function is something else - but he did survive the war, and live to the pretty decent age of 72.  Best regards, JR.

First Lieutenant Alexandr Pokryshkin, 1941.

Soviet infantry keeping low while moving into firing position on the Bryansk Front, in the vicinity of Orel.

Soviet infantry

Soviet infantrymen with the support of T-34 tanks, are fighting for one of the villages in the Lviv, western Ukraine area.