The Young Guard. Ukraine

Stamp (USSR), 1944.
* On 13 September 1943 five members of the Young Guard: Ulyana Gromova, Oleg Koshevoy, Lyubov Shevtsova, Sergei Tyulenin and Ivan Zemnukhov were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union posthumously.

Postmargil (1944) on Noore Kaardiväe juhid Uljana Gromova, Ivan Zemnuhhov, Oleg Koševoi, Sergei Tjulenin ja Ljubov Ševtsova, kes said 1943. a septembris postuumselt Nõukogude Liidu kangelase aunimetuse.

Почтовая марка СССР, 1944. Молодогвардейцы - Герои Советского Союза.

"Ulyana Gromova (1924-1943) - Hero of the Soviet Union" / V. Elmanovich.
Postcard (USSR), 1955.
"Uljana Gromova"
"Ульяна Матвеевна Громова"

"The first organizational meeting of the Young Guard" / S. Livshits.
Postcard (USSR), 1946.

"Noore Kaardiväe asutamiskoosolek" / S. Livšits.

"Первое организационное собрание молодогвардейцев" / С. Н. Лившиц.

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* World War II resistance organization The Young Guard (Russian: Молодая гвардия) was an underground anti-fascist Komsomol organization, in the German-occupied Soviet city of Krasnodon (Ukrainian SSR, now Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine). They were active during the Great Patriotic War until January 1943.
Massive arrests began on 5 January 1943 and lasted until 11 January. All the arrested people were tortured. 71 of them, along with members of the Communist Party underground, many of them still alive, were thrown into the 53-meter deep pit of Coal Mine Number 5 on 15, 16, and 31 January 1943. Oleg Koshevoy, Lyubov Shevtsova and the others were shot on 9 February 1943 in the town park of the town Rovenki. Just five days later, on 14 February 1943 Krasnodon was liberated by the Red Army.
Soviet writer Alexander Fadeyev wrote the book "Molodaya Gvardiya" (The Young Guard), in which he depicted the activities of the Young Guard.

* "Noor Kaardivägi" on eestlastele tuttav eelkõige Aleksander Fadejevi samanimelisest romaanist. Tegemist oli Krasnodoni põrandaaluse noorsoo-organisatsiooniga, kes võitles oma kodulinna vallutanud fašistide vastu 1941-1943. Kõige noorem noorkaardiväelane oli 14aastane. 70 aastat tagasi, 1943. a jaanuaris võeti kinni ja hukati enamik noorkaardiväelastest, kokku ligi 70 inimest, kes visati vanasse kaevandusešahti (nende hulgas oli ka siinsel postkaardil kujutatud 19aastane Ulja Gromova). 9. veebruaril 1943 lasti Rovenkis maha Oleg Koševoi, Ljubov Ševtsova ja veel mõned noored võitlejad. Viis päeva hiljem kihutasid punaarmeelased fašistid Krasnodonist minema.

* "Молодая гвардия" - антифашистская комсомольская подпольная организация молодых юношей и девушек, действовавшая в годы Великой Отечественной войны, в основном в городе Краснодоне Луганской (Ворошиловградской) области (Украинская ССР). Самому младшему участнику подполья было 14 лет. 15, 16 и 31 января 1943 года оккупанты частью живыми, частью расстрелянными сбросили в шурф шахты 71 человека, среди которых были как молодогвардейцы, так и члены подпольной партийной организации. 9 февраля 1943 в городе Ровеньки были расстреляны Олег Кошевой, Любовь Шевцова... Всех молодогвардейцев перед смертью подвергали пыткам и истязаниям.
14 февраля 1943 года город Краснодон был освобождён Красной Армией.
Подвигу молодогвардейцев посвящён роман А. А. Фадеева "Молодая гвардия".

"To the Hospital". The Siege of Leningrad. WWII

Leningrad. Winter 1941 - 1942. To the hospital. / A. Pakhomov. / WWII

Leningrad. 1941. - 1942. a talv. Teel hospitali. / A. Pakhomov. /
* Leningradi blokaad Teise maailmasõja ajal.

Ленинград. Зима 1941 - 1942. г. В стационар.  А. Ф. Пахомов. 
* Блокада Ленинграда.

Postcard, 1946.
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* The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the Leningrad Blockade was a prolonged military operation resulting from the failure of the German Army Group North to capture Leningrad — now known as Saint Petersburg — in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II. The siege started on 8 September 1941, when the last land connection to the city was severed. Although the Soviets managed to open a narrow land corridor to the city on 18 January 1943, lifting of the siege took place on 27 January 1944, 872 days after it began. It was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history and overwhelmingly the most costly in terms of casualties. - Wikipediast.