Mass grave of 1,407 Red Army soldiers fallen during World War II on the ground of the Soviet War Memorial at the Central Cemetery in Brno, Czech Republic. Photographs of Soviet military officer Boris Mishenkov (L) and civilian Vera Stepanova (R) were installed by the relatives after the war. Red Army Lieutenant Boris Mishenkov was born on July 24, 1909 and died of wounds at age 35 on May 13, 1945. Vera Stepanova was born on July 30, 1925, served in the Red Army as typist and died of typhus at age 19 on June 6, 1945. Her photograph was unsuccessfully restored recently by unknown amateurs.
Mass grave of 1,407 Red Army soldiers fallen during World War II on the ground of the Soviet War Memorial at the Central Cemetery in Brno, Czech Republic. Photographs of Soviet military officer Boris Mishenkov (L) and civilian Vera Stepanova (R) were installed by the relatives after the war. Red Army Lieutenant Boris Mishenkov was born on July 24, 1909 and died of wounds at age 35 on May 13, 1945. Vera Stepanova was born on July 30, 1925, served in the Red Army as typist and died of typhus at age 19 on June 6, 1945. Her photograph was unsuccessfully restored recently by unknown amateurs. The medallion with the unsuccessful restored photograph was removed totally by the Russian Embassy shortly after the result of the amateurish restoration works was spread in the social networks. Soviet soldiers and military officers who died in the very last days of World War II and shortly after the war were buried far away from their homes and some of their graves look abandoned and unvisited now. Their photographs are gradually destroyed by time and there are no sources to replace them by the new ones.
Size: 5577px × 3718px
Photo credit: © Vladimir Pomortzeff / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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