Soviet Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev", established 10 May 1982, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

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Soviet military leaders in Prague, liberated Czechoslovakia, 6 June 1945.

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"Let's defend our Moscow home!"

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Zinaida Ivanovna Smirnova / Зинаида Ивановна Смирнова was born 4th October 1923.

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Semyon Budyonny, one of the most prominent military commanders of the Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War and later a Marshal of the Soviet Union. 1935-40.

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President Edvard Beneš addressing the Czechoslovak public during a government rally at Prague's Old Town Square on 16 May 1945.

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Viktor Abakumov, head of the Smersh Main Directorate (right), and Lieutenant General Alexander Vadis, head of the Smersh Main Directorate of the 1st Belorussian Front,

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The city of Borisov after liberation by the Soviet Red Army, July 1944.

Photo: M. Savin / photo archive "Ogonyok" / M. Savin / photo archive

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Soviet Red Army soldier dancing as part of celebrations to mark the withdrawal of Soviet liberation forces from Austria, September 1955.

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