Czechoslovakia, city of Prague, May, 1945. Embassy of the USSR in Czechoslovakia. Reception in honor of the Victory over Germany. Guests are greeted by the USSR Ambassador to Czechoslovakia Valerian Aleksandrovich Zorin. The reception is attended by: Colonel General, Hero of the Soviet Union Pavel Semyonovich Rybalko, Colonel General, Hero of the Soviet Union Matvey Vasilyevich Zakharov, Major General, commander of the 16th Infantry Division of the 3rd Belorussian Front, Hero of the Soviet Union Mikhail Andreevich Pronin, General - Colonel of Artillery, Hero of the Soviet Union Nikolai Sergeevich Fomin, Colonel General, Commander of the Stalingrad Front, Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Nikolayevich Gordov. Among the guests: Head of the Government of the National Front of Czechoslovakia Zdenek Fierlinger with his wife, historian, musicologist, statesman of Czechoslovakia Zdenek Nejedly, Minister of Information and Culture Vaclav Kopecky.