In the North Caucasus

The 1159th Infantry Regiment of the 351st Division actively participated in the liberation of Alagir. Soviet fighters with an unexpected blow from the mountains drove the Germans out of Alagir. Transcaucasian Front, Alagir, December 24-25, 1942 Soviet fighters knock the enemy out of the wooded mountainous area in the vicinity of Alagir. General view of the city (filmed from the top point). View of destroyed houses in the city. The soldiers of the 2nd battalion of the 1159th regiment, having broken through the enemy's defenses, go on the offensive against the city, conduct street battles. Soviet tanks pass along Alagir Street with armored submachine gunners, military units pass, a horse drives a cart down the street, a truck passes. View of the destroyed bridge over the Ardon River. The soldiers are building a temporary crossing over the river. A truck drives through a temporary crossing. The return of civilians to the city. A group of people at the building of the Alagir City Council. A man nails a sign on the building of the City Council. Meeting in the city on the occasion of the liberation of the city from the Nazis: Speeches at the meeting: Secretary of the North Ossetian Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks O.Ts. Dauyev, chairman of the Ossetia collective farm Mamiev, order-bearer of sergeant Tabakov, commander of a partisan detachment, secretary of the Alagir district party committee, Btimirova. Residents of Alagir at the rally. View of the cemetery of Romanian soldiers on the outskirts of the city.

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