Portraits of the war years 1941 1945

Another solid portion of retro photos in the project 20th century in color photographs.
Today we will look at what the world was like many years ago. More precisely, not the world, but .

In general, there are a lot of color photographs from 1941. The Germans shot on Agfa film (Agfacolor), the Americans and British - on Kodachrome. Soviet color photographs of the Great Patriotic War are not known.

As you know, the German attack on the USSR was immediately preceded by a blitzkrieg against Yugoslavia. The operation lasted from April 6 to April 17, 1941 and ended on April 17 with the surrender of this Balkan kingdom.

Units of the 14th Motorized Corps of the Wehrmacht in the Serbian city of Nis, April 1941:

At the same time, the Germans captured Greece in April 1941. rise Nazi flag over the Acropolis:

In 1941, the so-called “ Battle of Britain» - air war between Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force (RAF).

Some scenes of this war were captured by the famous photographer Robert Capa.
Here we see the damaged British Blenheim bomber, which managed to make an emergency landing on its territory:

The Anglo-German war also took place at sea.
The German battleship Scharnhorst at the end of Operation Berlin, during which 8 British transport ships were sunk in the North Atlantic, March 1941:

Outside of Europe, from the very beginning of 1941, fighting took place in the African theater. Back in December 1940, the British from Egypt went on the offensive against the Italian group in Libya and inflicted a significant defeat on it.
During February 1941, German troops under the command of General Rommel were transferred to Libya, which led to a halt in the further advance of the British. And already at the end of March, Rommel’s units went on the offensive.

Column of German troops in Paris, 1941. photographer Andre Zucca:

The Germans stage a parade with captured French tanks in Paris, 1941:

Hitler and the generals inspect the 800 mm Fat Gustav gun in 1941:

The Fat Gustav gun weighed 1,344 tons and some parts had to be dismantled to move it along the railroad tracks. The gun was the height of a four-story building, had a width of 6 meters and a length of 42 meters. The maintenance of the Fat Gustav gun was carried out by a team of 500 people under the command of a high-ranking army official. The team needed almost three days to prepare the gun for firing.
A high-explosive shell from this cannon could hit a target at a distance of 45 kilometers.

May 1941. Equipment of the 6th German Panzer Division in East Prussia before the invasion of the USSR:

German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop, at a press conference in Berlin, announces the start of war against the Soviet Union:

In 1941, the Wehrmacht had something like one and a half million cameras in its backpacks.
German soldiers, officers and photojournalists meticulously recorded every step on Soviet soil. Of course, they especially liked to take pictures of trophies and broken equipment of the Red Army.

Soviet T-28 tank:

The Nazis inspect the Soviet T-34 tank:

Soviet KV-2 tank destroyed in the battle for the city of Ostrov, July 1941:

Battlefield near Ostrov, early July 1941:

Damaged Soviet fighter I-16:

Damaged Soviet fighters I-153 "Chaika":

The Finns also filmed in their sector of the front, often in color.

Burnt out Soviet armored car on the Karelian Isthmus, 1941:

Germans in Grodno, June 1941:

Germans in Lithuania, June 1941:

The bell tower will be restored only in 1973.

July 41st:

Soviet prisoners of war:

In September 41, the Germans captured Kyiv:

In the 20th of September the enemy took Peterhof:

On October 2, 1941, Petrozavodsk was occupied by the Finnish Karelian Army and renamed Äänislinna:

Advanced German units of the 11th Panzer Division near Volokolamsk, November 1941:

Here came the end of their Blitzkrieg.

Now a small gallery of satellites Nazi Germany in 1941.

Soldiers of the Spanish “Blue Division”, which fought against the USSR near Novgorod and Leningrad, 1941:

Soldiers of the French Volunteer Legion, 1941:

Having defeated Yugoslavia, the Germans created on part of its territory the puppet “Independent State of Croatia”, whose army became one of Hitler’s most zealous satellites.
In this photo, the commander of the Croatian ground forces, General Slavko Stancer, 1941:

On December 7, the Japanese army launched a surprise attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. World War II opened a new theater on the Pacific Ocean.
A light boat takes part in the rescue of the crew of the battleship West Virginia, Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941:

According to Hawaiian tradition, American sailors honor the memory of their fallen comrades after the shelling of Pearl Harbor, 1941:

Since December 41, the Japanese waged a simultaneous war against the Americans, British and Chinese. The war with the latter began back in 1937.
The Japanese didn’t have color film, so you’ll have to be content with colored pictures.

Japanese light tank Type 97 Te-Ke against the backdrop of a burning house in China, 1941:

Operating over an unimaginably vast area, the Japanese captured French Indochina and the Dutch East Indies (now the territory of Indonesia) in 1941.

Soldiers of the Japanese 5th Infantry Division in occupied Saigon, December 1941:

Japanese battleship Hiei2 at sunset in Saeki Bay, 1941:

A series of documentary photographs for Victory Day in the Second World War 1941-1945. A selection of 95 rare photographs military equipment and participants in the Second World War. A unique photo from the scenes of events of 1941-1945, military actions in the history of black and white photography. We look at online documentary photos of the Second World War 1941-1945.

German self-propelled gun "Hummel", destroyed by Soviet artillery near the city of Lvov in July 1944.

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Junior Sergeant Konstantin Aleksandrovich Shuty (06/18/1926-12/27/2004) (left), brother of Mikhail Shuty, with a fellow soldier, also a junior sergeant.

Junior sergeant, mortarman - Nikolai Polikarpov at a firing position near Kiev. 1st Ukrainian Front.

A US 5th Division Marine killed by a Japanese sniper, shot in the head (bullet hole visible on helmet).

Sailors of the Soviet destroyer Project 7 “Crushing” with the ship’s pet, area of ​​the bow torpedo tubes, bow view.

The German dive bomber Junkers Ju-87 "Stuka" being repaired at a field airfield.

The beginning of a counterattack by one of the units of the 270th Rifle Division of the Soviet 7th Guards Army on the Kursk Bulge.

The head of the political department of the 4th Ukrainian Front, Major General Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (center), the future leader of the USSR in 1964-1982, during the Victory Parade.

Head of Communications of the 51st MTAP Bykov V.V. instructs gunners-radio operators before the flight Kolberg (Germany) - Pernov (Estonia). From left to right Mikhalev, Karpov, Archakov, Shishkin, Volkov, Chekanov, Bykov.

Unidentified partisans of the 1st Proletarian Brigade of the NOAU, armed with Czech light machine guns ZB vz. 26. The village of Zharkovo near Belgrade on the eve of the battles for the city.

Unidentified Soviet female snipers near the dugout. They are wearing sergeant's shoulder straps and holding a Mosin rifle with a PU optical sight (Short Sight).

Unknown American soldier US 87th Infantry Division, killed by a German sniper in the spring of 1945 in Koblenz, Germany. The soldier's weapon is the BAR automatic rifle.

A German 105-mm self-propelled gun "Wespe" (Sd.Kfz.124 Wespe) from the 74th self-propelled artillery regiment of the 2nd tank division of the Wehrmacht passes next to an abandoned Soviet 76-mm ZIS-3 gun in the area of ​​the city of Orel.

German self-propelled gun "Vespe" after being hit by a large-caliber projectile.

German self-propelled gun "Hummel", destroyed by Soviet artillery near the city of Lvov in July 1944.

German self-propelled gun "Hummel", destroyed by Soviet artillery near the city of Lvov in July 1944.

German self-propelled gun Marder II in an ambush, between houses, in a Ukrainian village.

German quad 20-mm anti-aircraft self-propelled gun (ZSU) "Werbelwind" based on the Pz.Kpfw tank. IV, destroyed by a direct hit from a large-caliber shell.

German rangers at an MG-34 machine gun on the Eastern Front.

German officers captured by French soldiers during the liberation of Paris. Hotel Majestic, favored by the Wehrmacht during the occupation.

German infantrymen and tank crews select bottles of alcoholic drinks in a warehouse.

German soldiers in a captured Soviet T-34 tank. The car is ready to be sent to Germany for testing. On the front sheet the inscription “O.K.H.Wa. Prvf. 6" (military acceptance 6).

German soldiers inspect the captured positions of Soviet troops.

My friends, I congratulate you all on Victory Day! Let's bow to the soldiers Great War- to our grandfathers and great-grandfathers. I wish everyone a new May 45th, when we will again have to cleanse the Earth of fascism that is raising its head.

And for the Great Holiday, friends, a selection of photographs depicting the May days of 1945, how our grandparents, soldiers of the Red Army and the entire Soviet people celebrated the Victory.


1. A ceremonial meeting at the main base of the Northern Fleet in Polyarny, dedicated to the victory over the enemy in the Great Patriotic War. Town-class destroyers are moored to the pier: on the left is Zharkiy, on the right is Zharkiy, between them is the Project 7U destroyer Gremyashchiy, in the background is on the right the Daring, on the left is the Worthy. 05/09/1945


2. Group portrait of soldiers and officers of the counterintelligence department SMERSH NKVD of the USSR 70th Army against the backdrop of the Reich Chancellery on Victory Day. 05/09/1945

3. Soviet soldiers in Berlin they drink wine in honor of the Victory. 05/09/1945

4. Victory Banner on the defeated Reichstag on May 1, 1945. The photo was taken by war correspondent of the Pravda newspaper V.A. Temin from the Po-2 plane.

5. Soldiers of the 150th Infantry Idritsko-Berlin, Order of Kutuzov 2nd degree division at the Reichstag.

6. Victory salute over the Moscow Kremlin. 05/09/1945

7. Victory salute in Moscow. View of the Kremlin chimes. 05/09/1945

9. Fireworks in honor of the Victory on the roof of the Reichstag. Soldiers of the battalion under the command of Hero of the Soviet Union S. Neustroyev.

10. Victory salute in the village of Detershagen on the Elbe. 134th Rifle Verdinskaya Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division. The salute is fired from 76-mm ZiS-3 divisional guns. 05/09/1945

11. Soviet submarine L-22 and the light cruiser Murmansk at the Victory Parade in the Kola Bay. 05/13/1945

12. Canteen workers in Arkhangelsk roll out a barrel of beer in honor of the Victory. Trinity Avenue. The Obelisk of the North is visible on the left. 05/09/1945

13. Arkhangelsk Bishop Father Seraphim at the Victory celebration. 05/09/1945

14. Residents of Arkhangelsk go to Trade Union Square for celebrations in honor of the Victory. 05/09/1945

15. Soviet soldiers with an accordion on one of the streets of Berlin. The inscription on the wall of the house: “Berlin will remain German!” (Berlin bleibt deutsch!)

16. Soviet artillerymen listen to their comrade play the accordion on the streets of Berlin. In the foreground is a 122 mm M-30 howitzer. May 1945

17. A column of soldiers of the Soviet 5th Shock Army at a parade in Lusgarten Park in Berlin. May 1945

18. A column of soldiers of the Soviet 5th Shock Army at a parade in Lusgarten Park in Berlin.

19. Parade of units of the Soviet 5th Shock Army in Lusgarten Park in Berlin. 05/04/1945

20. Soviet soldiers applaud their dancing comrade at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. May 1945

21. Victory salute in Moscow. View of Red Square. The festive fireworks began on May 9, 1945 at 22.00. Thirty salvoes followed from a thousand guns into the sky, illuminated by searchlights. 05/09/1945

22. Officers of the 98th separate adjustment and reconnaissance aviation regiment (from right to left): deputy commander of the guard regiment, Major Valery Aleksandrovich Verkholantsev (1916-2001), navigator of the guard regiment, Major Ilya Prokofyevich Lesnoy (1920-1989), chief of staff Boris Misakovich Avzhiyan (1910- ) with fellow soldiers celebrating the Victory in the vicinity of the German town of Fürstenwalde. The photo was taken on the night of May 8-9, 1945, at 1:25 am. On May 15, 1945, Guard Major Valery Aleksandrovich Verkholantsev was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.

23. Soviet submarine L-22 at the Victory Parade in the Kola Bay. 05/13/1945

24. Soviet tank crews take photographs against the backdrop of the broken Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, standing on the armor of the IS-2 heavy tank. May 1945

25. A Soviet officer dances with an Austrian girl on the Karl-Renner-Ring square in Vienna. 05/09/1945

26. Soviet citizens congratulate the officer on the Victory against the backdrop of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. 05/09/1945

27. On the Spit of Vasilievsky Island in Leningrad during the fireworks in honor of the Victory. 05/09/1945

29. Group portrait of pilots of the 102nd Guards Vyborg Fighter Aviation Regiment. In the top row, fourth from the left (slightly behind) is Sergei Ivanovich Smirnov, Andrei Petrovich Bredik is sitting in the center.

30. Leningraders on Nevsky Prospekt listen to the message about Victory over Germany. 05/09/1945

31. Soviet photojournalists and cameramen near the Reichstag building. From left to right, first row: G. Samsonov, A. Morozov, F. Kislov, L. Zheleznov, I. Shagin, O. Knorring; second row: S. Alperin, A. Kapustyansky, G. Petrusov, R. Carmen; third row: A. Arkhipov, M. Redkin, N. Finikov. May 1945

32. Fireworks in honor of the Victory on the roof of the Reichstag. Soldiers of the battalion under the command of Hero of the Soviet Union S. Neustroyev.

33. Soviet tank crews and soldiers celebrate the Victory. May 1945

34. Festive feast for officers of the 143rd Mortar Regiment on May 9, 1945. In the foreground on the left is Captain Skarupski. 05/09/1945

35. First day of peace in Berlin. Soviet soldiers communicate with civilians. May 1945

36. Soviet soldier near German banners captured in Berlin. The author's title of the photograph is “Winner”. May 1945

37. A group of political workers of the 385th Infantry Division, led by the head of the political department, Colonel Mikhailov, at the Reichstag.

38. Soldiers of the 88th Separate Guards Heavy Tank Regiment take pictures at the Bismarck monument in Berlin. After the announcement of Germany's surrender, fellow soldiers went for a walk around Berlin, and among the photographs taken was a photo at a landmark monument for Germany. 05/09/1945

39. Soldiers of the 88th Separate Guards Heavy Tank Regiment celebrate Victory in a Berlin park. 05/09/1945

40. Victory salute in Moscow. View of Red Square. The festive fireworks began on May 9, 1945 at 22.00. Thirty salvoes followed from a thousand guns into the sky, illuminated by searchlights. 05/09/1945

41. Girls snipers of the Soviet 3rd shock army. 05/04/1945

43. Soviet military personnel celebrate the Victory. May 1945

44. Soviet soldiers in a Berlin tram car. The author's title of the photo is “The first passengers of the Berlin tram.” May 1945

45. Residents of Leningrad at the fireworks in honor of the Victory. May 1945

46. ​​Residents of Leningrad at the fireworks in honor of the Victory. May 1945

47. Soviet soldiers on the streets of Berlin. May 1945

48. Soviet soldiers drink to Victory - at the general formation of the unit, the Victory over Nazi Germany was announced on May 9, 1945. The bottle is poured by Private Vladimir Alekseevich Milyutin, a reconnaissance officer from a self-propelled gun brigade of the First Ukrainian Front. V.A. Milyutin, born in 1914, has been at the front since June 23, 1941. He walked the battle path from Moscow to Potsdam. 05/09/1945


49. Soviet soldiers and an officer drink with the Americans for the Victory. 1945

50. Poet Evgeny Dolmatovsky with a sculptured head of Hitler in Berlin. May 1945

51. Soviet soldier in Goebbels’ apartment in Hitler’s bunker under the Reich Chancellery. May 1945

52. The famous Soviet singer Lydia Ruslanova performs “Katyusha” against the backdrop of the destroyed Reichstag. May 1945

53. Soviet soldiers, resting on the steps of the Reich Chancellery, look at German awards that were never awarded. Berlin. May 2, 1945.

54. Soviet officers sail in a boat along a destroyed embankment in Berlin.

55. A pile of Soviet trophies is a symbol of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Rifles, MP-40 submachine guns, machine gun, awards and banners. In the center is the standard of the SS division “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler”.

56. Soviet soldiers rest on the banks of the Spree River in Berlin. May 1945

57. Poet Evgeny Dolmatovsky speaks at the Brandenburg Gate. 1945

58. Rally of Red Army soldiers at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. May 1945

59. Reconnaissance platoon of the 88th separate guards heavy tank regiment with its commander Vladimir Ivanovich Kuznetsov (third from right). As the caption on back side photo taken in Berlin in Humboldt Park on May 8, 1945.


60. Reconnaissance platoon of the 88th separate guards heavy tank regiment with its commander Vladimir Ivanovich Kuznetsov (in the center with two orders). Berlin. 05/08/1945

61. Soviet military - a private and a lieutenant - with a banner in Berlin against the backdrop of the Brandenburg Gate. 1945

62. Soviet soldiers with an accordion on one of the streets of Berlin. 1945

63. Red banners on the quadriga of the Brandenburg Gate. May 1945

64. Red banner on the quadriga of the Brandenburg Gate. May 1945

65. A column of German troops without an exact destination. The surrender of Germany has already been announced. Czechoslovakia, May 1945

66. Officers of the 3rd Belorussian Front accept Germans who surrender along with armored vehicles, including those from the 4th Tank Division. Spit Frisch-Nerung, May 9, 1945

67. Soviet soldiers on a T-34-85 against the backdrop of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. May 1945

68. Fireworks in honor of the Victory on the roof of the Reichstag. Soldiers of the battalion under the command of Hero of the Soviet Union S. Neustroyev. May 1945

69. Soviet mortar soldier Sergei Ivanovich Platov leaves his autograph on a Reichstag column. 05/10/1945

70. Maria Timofeevna Shalneva (Nenakhova), corporal of the 87th separate road maintenance battalion, regulates the movement of military equipment near the Reichstag in Berlin. 05/02/1945

71. Near a passenger vehicle of the 88th separate heavy tank regiment. 05/09/1945 Thanks to the driver Tyutin, the car traveled from Stalingrad to Berlin. The awards of the 88th Separate Tank Regiment are painted on the windshield - the Order of Lenin, the Red Banner, Suvorov III degree, Kutuzov III degree, Bogdan Khmelnitsky II degree. From right to left: regiment commander P.G. Mzhachikh, driver of regiment commander Tyutin, deputy. regiment commander F.M. Zharkoy, adjutant to regiment commander Molotkov.

72. Command staff of the 88th separate guards heavy tank regiment in Berlin. The regiment took part in the assault on Berlin, and on May 9, after Germany surrendered and the fighting ended, the officers went on a tour of the city. From left to right: deputy technical engineer of the regiment N.P. Romanchenko, deputy chief of staff of the regiment I. German, chief of staff of the regiment N.V. Shiroky, regiment commander P.G. Mzhachikh, deputy regiment commander F.M. Zharkoy, deputy chief of staff of the regiment Komarovsky. Top left: Timchenko. 05/09/1945

73. Commander of the 88th separate heavy tank regiment P.G. Mzhachikh against the backdrop of Reistag, in the assault of which his regiment also took part. 05/09/1945

74. Fellow soldiers of the 88th separate heavy tank regiment at the Reichstag. 05/09/1945

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"War through the eyes of children." Drawings and reflections

Photo report from the exhibition children's drawing"Great Patriotic War 1941-1945."


Voronkina Lyudmila Artemyevna, teacher additional education MBOUDOD DTDM g.o. Togliatti
Target:
instilling a sense of pride and gratitude to the soldiers and officers of the Great Patriotic War who saved humanity from fascism;
fostering respect for veterans.
Audience: for any age from 6 years...
The war of 1941-1945 has left us for sixty-nine years, but its cruel tragic image, 1418 anxious days and nights of the Great Patriotic War with the fascist hordes will forever remain in the memory of mankind. The exploits of those who freed the people from enslavement, saved world civilization and brought long-awaited peace to people will never be forgotten.

Not much time will pass and the opportunity to recreate the “living history” of the war will be destroyed forever. This is why children’s interest in the events of the terrible 40s on the eve of the 69th anniversary of the Great Victory is so valuable.

What motivates the guys, what prompts them to return again and again to the events of 70 years ago? They are looking for their past, their roots, studying the history of the war not only fiction, documentary essays about the war, but also based on the memories of grandfathers and great-grandfathers passed down from generation to generation. The young authors recorded their stories - this is the living history of the Great Patriotic War. We, adults, understand: the worst thing that could happen to our ordinary children, who, fortunately, did not hear the howl of bombs, did not know the horrors of war, is ignorance and insensitivity. The worst thing is because without yesterday there is neither today nor tomorrow.

For the essays “War through the eyes of children”, for the respect shown to the veterans who defended the independence of our Motherland in a brutal battle with fascism, for the memory of the heroic past of our people, I thank the students of the creative association “Needlewoman”:
Plekhanov Irina
Kivilevich Anastasia
Neverov Oksana
Balanyuk Evelina
Manakhova Elizaveta
I thank the young artists participating in the competition fine arts"Forever in the memory of the people."
Many years have passed since the Great Patriotic War, but the stories of grandfathers and great-grandfathers resurrect the terrible image of the past, so that we know that it was so, so that we would take care of the world that the soldiers won for us. To remember the heroes who gave the Motherland the Great Victory!
The most significant day in our history. The day when Nazi Germany fell. The day when the Soviet flag was raised over the Reichstag. A day that went down in history as the day of the greatness of the Soviet Army. This day is May 9th.
On the eve of the country's main holiday, our creative association held an essay and drawing competition “War through the eyes of children.” An exhibition of children's drawings on the theme “The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” began its work. The exhibition presents works in different genres. The drawings displayed in the hall are the work of our students, young and old. Some of the artists recently turned 7 years old, but their paintings are already on display at the exhibition.
June. Russia. Sunday.
Dawn in the arms of silence.
A fragile moment remains
Before the first shots of the war.



In a second the world will explode
Death will lead the parade alley,
And the sun will go out forever
For millions on earth.




A mad storm of fire and steel
It won't turn back on its own.
Two “supergods”: Hitler – Stalin,
And between them there is a terrible hell.



June. Russia. Sunday.
The country is on the brink: to be or not to be...
And this is a terrible moment
We will never forget...
(D. Popov)



Children of war, you didn’t know childhood.
The horror of those years from the bombings is in my eyes.
You lived in fear. Not everyone survived.
The bitterness of wormwood is still on my lips.
Svetlana Sirena.


author: Lena Vasilyeva 7 years old



The war took a terrible toll on children’s destinies,
It was difficult for everyone, difficult for the country,
But childhood is seriously mutilated:
Children suffered greatly from the war.
V. Shamshurin




Alarm over the country:
The enemy crept up like a thief at night.
Coming to our cities
Black horde of fascists.
But we will throw away the enemy this way,
How strong our hatred is,
What are the dates of the current attacks
The people will be glorified for centuries.
(A. Barto)



The barge accepted the precious cargo -
The children of the blockade sat in it.
The faces are not childish, the color of starch,
There is grief in my heart.
The girl clutched the doll to her chest.
The old tugboat moved away from the pier,
He pulled the barge towards distant Kobon.
Ladoga gently rocked the children,
Hiding the big wave for a while.
The girl, hugging the doll, dozed off.
A black shadow ran across the water,
Two Messerschmitts fell into a dive.
Bombs, baring their sting fuses,
They howled angrily in a deadly rush.
The girl pressed the doll harder...
The explosion tore the barge apart and crushed it.



Ladoga suddenly swung open to the bottom
And it swallowed up both old and small.
Only one doll floated out,

The one that the girl pressed to her chest...



The wind of the past shakes the memory,
In strange visions, it disturbs you in your sleep.
I often dream about big eyes
Those who remained on the Ladoga bottom.
Dreaming as if in a dark, damp depth
A girl is looking for a floating doll.
(A. Molchanov)


Last first fight
The bells sounded the alarm,
The ground is burning and tank tracks are clanging.
The flare went up
Scattering into thousands of remains.


And so the first platoon went on the attack,
There are boys there who are nineteen.
Tell me, fate, what is your turn?
And how many times should you go on the attack?


He was the first to go: handsome, young,
His fiancée wrote to him yesterday.
The first fight was the last -
An accidental explosion and the boy was gone.

Get up, soldier!
Well, why are you quiet?!
Get up, dear!
The earth will give you strength...
But he didn't get up. The poet will write a poem,
And he will read it aloud over the mass grave.
It was forty-one. There was a fierce battle
For the Motherland, for the blue sky.
For you and I to breathe...
Let us remember those who did not come from the battle.
N. Seleznev.


Russia will not forget the beardless faces
Defending the sunrise of the cornflower spring.
We will never dream of anything again,
So watch our youthful dreams for us.
We will never wear our medals
And we won’t march along the stands in parade formation.
We are lost, but we and the lost believe:
The history of our names will not forget.
We will return home to stay there forever,
They will sing us the last song in the churches.
After all, the Russian soldier does not know how to surrender,
If he defends his Fatherland.
Stepan Kadashnikov


The soldier, remembering his journey to the end,
She will cry with stingy tears.



And the fallen are all alive in our hearts, -
They stand silently next to us.
(V. Snegirev ■)



Horses can swim
But - not good. Near.
"Gloria" - in Russian - means "Glory" -
You will remember this easily.
A ship was sailing, proud of its name,
Trying to overcome the ocean.
In the hold, shaking their kind muzzles,
A thousand horses trampled day and night.
A thousand horses! Four thousand horseshoes!
They still didn’t bring happiness.
A mine pierced the bottom of the ship
Far, far from the earth.
People got into the boats and climbed into the lifeboats.
The horses swam just like that.
What could they do, poor people, if
No space on boats and rafts?
A red island floated across the ocean.
A bay island floated in the blue sea.
And at first it seemed easy to swim,
The ocean seemed like a river to them.
But that edge is not visible by the river,
Running out of horsepower
Suddenly the horses neighed in protest
To those who drowned them in the ocean.
The horses went to the bottom and neighed, neighed,
Everyone hasn't gone to the bottom yet.
That's it. Still, I feel sorry for them -
Redheads who did not see the land.