In the North Caucasus

December 24, 1942 Units of the 351st Infantry Division of the Northern Group of Forces of the Transcaucasian Front are moving along the road through settlements to [Alagir], tanks with armored submachine gunners are moving. The submachine gunners of the 2nd battalion of the 1159th regiment make their way through the forest in the mountains, knocking out the enemy, moving towards the city, carrying out a wounded comrade on a stretcher. The artillerymen are firing at enemy positions. Soldiers of the 2nd battalion of the 1159th regiment on the approaches to Alagir from the southern outskirts of the city, go on the attack, going down the mountain. General view of the destroyed German tanks. Fights on the streets of Alagir near the railway station. View of the destroyed station building. General view of burning houses on the outskirts of the city. The commander of a sapper platoon, technician-lieutenant Viktor Georgievich Troshin, demines the approaches to the station (in 2 days, the platoon defused 496 enemy mines in the city's area), followed by a sapper Aisa Aliyev. A column of trucks is moving along the road. General view of German destroyed tanks and trucks, abandoned by the Nazis during the retreat.

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L. Mazrukho, A. Sologubov