Today is the anniversary of the great Patriotic war.
War will change everything. People felt it already in the disturbing and scary first days. Behind was the debris of a happy summer ahead – the miles of film documenting the years of the great Patriotic war. One of the first frames of its history – the selection Pravmir.
The Soviet people listen to the government statement. June 22, 1941
Moscow, Volkhonka. 22.06.1941 9 am.
E. Khaldei. The first day of the war. 22-Jun 1941
Vladivostok residents listen to the radio report about the German attack on the Soviet Union
The end of June 1941, somewhere in the South-West of the USSR, children are hiding from the bombing
A. Ustinov. Trains go to the front. Dancing to the red army Vladimir Kochetkov. 25 Jun 1941. Photo from bosonogoe.ru
German soldiers cross the state border of the USSR. Time taken: 22.06.1941. Photo from bosonogoe.ru
Soviet border guards on patrol. Photography is interesting because it was made for the newspaper at one of the outposts on the Western border of the Soviet Union on 20 June 1941, two days before the war. Time taken: 20.06.1941. Photo from bosonogoe.ru
The first day of the war in Przemysl (today — the Polish city of Przemysl) and the first killed invaders on Soviet soil (the soldiers of the 101st legkotekuchie division). The city was occupied by German troops on June 22, but the next morning was liberated by the red Army and border guards and held until June 27. Time taken: 22.06.1941. Photo from bosonogoe.ru
On 22 June 1941, near the bridge over the river San near the town of Yaroslav. At that time, the river San was the border between German-occupied Poland and the Soviet Union. Time taken: 22.06.1941. Photo from bosonogoe.ru
The first Soviet prisoners of war under the supervision of German soldiers heading West on the bridge over the river San near the town of Yaroslav. Time taken: 22.06.1941. Photo from bosonogoe.ru
After the failure of the sudden capture of Brest fortress Germans had to dig. The photo was taken at the North or South island. Time taken: 22.06.1941. Photo from bosonogoe.ru
Refugees near Pskov. July 1941
German soldiers near a burning Soviet village. Time taken: June 1941. Photo from bosonogoe.ru
The meeting at the Leningrad Kirov plant on the outbreak of war. Time taken: June 1941 Place: Leningrad Author: V. Tarasevich. Photo from bosonogoe.ru
Residents of Leningrad at the window Lentass “Latest news” (socialist street, 14 — publishing house “Pravda”). Time taken: July 1941 Place: Leningrad Author: Boris Utkin. Photo from bosonogoe.ru
Soviet refugees walk past the abandoned tank BT-7A. Time taken: June 1941. Author: Baumann. Photo from bosonogoe.ru
On 23 June 1941 At the plant “Hammer and Sickle”. Stands assistant foreman in the rolling mill I. F. Ponomarev. Photo By S. Korshunova. Photo from svpressa.ru
July 17, 1941 Actor I. V. Ilyinsky in the classroom of the defense group in the Maly theater. Moscow. Photo By B. Vdovenko. Photo from svpressa.ru
27 Jun 1941god red Army Soldiers sent to the front. Photo TASS. Photo from svpressa.ru
