A Ukranian iron worker from Kiev, Boris Salenko has seen his share of violence and war, but nothing quite like the battle at Stalingrad. A veteran of the Great War, Russian Civil War, and the Winter War, Salenko has been on the front lines so long, combat …
Born and raised in Moscow, Ivan Rachmanova is the epitome of the new Soviet Red Army officer corps - committed to the Revolution, loyal to the Party, and dedicated to the Communist ideal. Having come of age in the Stalinist regime, Rachmanova was a …
At the outbreak of war, Alexei Klutrova was a student at the Stalingrad Industrial Pedagogical Institute with dreams of becoming a mechanical engineer, but by the Summer of 1942, with the German armies on the doorstep of his beloved home city, Alexei was …
At the outbreak of war in 1939, young Anastasija Kayakova had just entered her final year of secondary education in Leningrad. By summer of 1941, she had completed her training as a Red Army nurse and was assigned to the 1077th Anti-aircraft Regiment …
Raised in the rural outskirts of the city of Novouzensk, Mikhail Chernov's youth has been spent toiling in the harsh conditions of Stalin's collective farms, a life that, while not necessarily honing his wits, has definitely honed his body. Mikhail is …
Born and raised in Leningrad, Stephania Plushenko spent most of her young life dreaming of being a Prima ballerina for the Kirov Ballet, and competed fiercely with her friend and rival, Olga Lepeshinskaya. With the start of the Great Patriotic War, …