Black Sea Coast

Black Sea Group of Forces of the Transcaucasian Front, 01.1943, Tuapse. General view of the houses destroyed by the bombing. The Red Navy men patrol the shore. The coastal battery is firing at enemy boats that have appeared in the sea. [At the command post, the battalion commander Captain Levenko and the battalion commander Major B.V. Beketa]. Gelendzhik. Red Navy men pass by houses destroyed by enemy bombardment. Panorama of the destruction in Gelendzhik. A woman with a baby in her arms is standing by the ruins. The woman waves after the departing sailor. Coastal battery number 714 under the command of senior lieutenant MP Chelak is firing at the positions of the Germans in Myskhako. The exit of torpedo boats based in Gelendzhik into enemy bays on a combat mission. A torpedo-wrecked German ship. The command post of the chief of artillery of the Novorossiysk defense region. Hero of the Sevastopol Defense, Commander of the 1st Guards Artillery Battalion, Guards Major Mikhail Vladimirovich Matushenko and Chief of Artillery Lieutenant Colonel M.S. Malakhov are examining a map on a table near the dugout, discussing a plan for a fire raid on Novorossiysk.

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D.G. Rymarev. K.M. Reshentsev