Country of origin: Soviet Union The Yakovlev Yak-9 stood out as the fighter aircraft with the highest production in the Soviet Union during WWII, with an estimated 16,769 units manufactured.

Soviet infantry in combat during the Battle of Kursk in 1943 in Russia. It was World War II battle between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front fought from July 5 till August 23, 1943.

A new bust of Soviet leader Josef Stalin has been unveiled in Volgograd ahead of Wednesday's 80th anniversary of the Red Army's defeat of Nazi invaders in the bloodiest battle of World War Two.

Soviet infantry in combat during the Battle of Kursk in 1943 in Russia. It was World War II battle between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front fought from July 5 till August 23, 1943.

At the beginning of World War II, the Soviet Union was at an uneasy truce with Germany. That quickly became null after the Germans blitzed Russia in Operation Barbarossa during the summer of 1941.

Russia focuses on Soviet victims of WW2 as officials not invited to Auschwitz ceremony. Image caption, The memorial in St Petersburg to 'Soviet civilians who fell victim to the Nazi Genocide' ...

On this day in 1944 Soviet forces broke the almost 900-day siege of Leningrad. Exactly one year later the Red Army entered the gates of the Auschwitz death camp . The difficult question about ...