The Central State Archive of the City of Moscow presents a collection of photos devoted to women whose heroism in the cauldron of war is unparalleled.
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Y. Berlin / Central State Archive of the City of Moscow
Around 800,000 women fought at the frontline during the Great Patriotic War, and every one of them is worthy of a separate narrative. These photos are about those who took part in clandestine raids and partisan units. Among the women were pilots, combat medics, signalers, anti-aircraft gunners, snipers, machine-gunners, car and tank drivers, medical officers, field service workers and HQ staff. // Sports training at the Red Army's Kamenev sanatorium in Saki, Crimea. 1935-1938.
B. Vdovenko / Central State Archive of the City of Moscow
Members of the first all-female Leningrad-Moscow flight crew. The legendary Marina Raskova is third from left. Moscow, August 12, 1935.
Y. Berlin / Central State Archive of the City of Moscow
Participants in an artillery contest at the Red Army's Kamenev sanatorium in Saki, Crimea. 1939-1940.
B. Vdovenko / Central State Archive of the City of Moscow
Maria Medvedeva and Yuzefa Ivashina, sanitary officers of the 1st Battalion of the First Communist Regiment. Moscow, October 1941.
M. Bachurin / Central State Archive of the City of Moscow
Partisans of the Vysokov division. Moscow Region, winter 1941-1942.
B. Vdovenko / Central State Archive of the City of Moscow
A telegrapher assigned to a unit of the 232nd Assault Aircraft Division. Kalininsk Front, May 1943.
B. Yaroslavtsev / Central State Archive of the City of Moscow
Tamara, anti-aircraft gunner. Western Front, 1943
A. Stanovov / Central State Archive of the City of Moscow
Women snipers, commended for excellence in battle, with their commander. 3rd Belorussian Front, 1944.
B. Yaroslavtsev / Central State Archive of the City of Moscow
MSU students: Antonina Zubkova, Evdokiya Pasko, Ekaterina Ryabova, Irina Rakobolskaya, Nina Lobkovskaya. Moscow, 1947.
N. Akimov / Central State Archive of the City of Moscow
Former military medical assistants: V. Shvartseva, A. Ploschenko, Z. Bagdasaryan at a meeting of women veterans in the Central Museum of the Soviet Armed Forces. Moscow, 1967.
V. Akhlomov / Central State Archive of the City of Moscow
Victory Day in the public garden outside the Bolshoi Theater. Moscow, 1983.
