Title

People of the Russian city of Smolensk after its liberation by the Red Army, 1943. Artist: Unknown

Caption

People of the Russian city of Smolensk after its liberation by the Red Army, 1943. Smolensk was liberated from German occupation at the end of September 1943 during a major Russian offensive. The fighting destroyed over 90% of the city's buildings. Smolensk was one of 12 cities to be awarded the title 'Hero City' by the Soviet government after the war.

Date

1943

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B96_083

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,1Mb (1,8Mb) / 16,6in x 11,7in / 4989 x 3508 (300dpi)

Keywords

female women woman people child children crowd country war front location century liberation Russia Russian wartime lady concept B&W 1940s misery hardship MONOCHROME Forties USSR Soviet Union World War II World War two WWII black & white black and white B W world war 2 Soviet 20th century civilian civilians Art Media decade eastern front Rossiya Russian Front Second World War TGN WW2 Smolensk photograph 2nd World War Unknown Union of Soviet Socialist Republics photograph