Dnepropetrovsk Dniprodzerzhinsk

3rd Ukrainian Front, October 24-25, 1943. Units of the 46th Army under the command of Major General Vasily Vasilyevich Glagolev are crossing the Dnieper by ferry and disembarking. Panorama of the city of Dnepropetrovsk, liberated by Soviet troops from Nazi occupation. General view of the destruction in the city. The return of civilians to the city along the Kryvyi Rih road: columns of people with children and household belongings are moving along the road. General views of the destroyed building of the railway station in Dnepropetrovsk, destruction on the territory of the metallurgical plant. Petrovsky, blown up by the Nazis during the retreat, burned down the building of the Mining Institute. Artyom. General view of books from the library of the Institute. Artyom, piled up in heaps on the street. Residents of the city welcomed the Soviet soldiers who liberated the city. The commander of the 46th Army, Major General V.V. Glagolev talks with residents of the liberated city of Dneprodzerzhinsk. Women with children return to the destroyed city. A group of small, half-naked children on the porch of a dilapidated house. A Red Army officer talks to women on one of the streets of the city. General view of the city of Dneprodzerzhinsk, view of the fascist symbol - "eagle" on a pedestal in the city square. Panorama of the destruction on the territory of the by-product coke plant.

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M. Kapkin, V. Eshurin