Photos WW2 Soviet Forces

[BravoZulu]

Caption doesn't make any sense. Volga is a river Kirov spent all the the war in the Baltic sea and actually didn't venture to sea after Fall of 1941 acting as a floating artillery battery throughout the war.

TBH I'm going to delete that post mate, The site I got the photo from had different Russian guys arguing over which vessel this is and where it was. A pity because I like the image but the provenance is crap!

 

[Marat]

keep the photo, photo is nice, maybee someone will have better info about it

 

[berkut76]

TBH I'm going to delete that post mate, The site I got the photo from had different Russian guys arguing over which vessel this is and where it was. A pity because I like the image but the provenance is crap!

They are all wrong. This is Sevastopol immediately post war 1945-1946. The cruiser is Molotov (you could a see a catapult with Be-4 float plane), honestly I would say Spring-Summer 1946 as the ship suffered a major accident in October 1946.

 

[BravoZulu]

Project 26bis Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during World War II and into the Cold War, probably Molotov given the white screens which were a feature of Molotov

 

[BravoZulu]

They are all wrong. This is Sevastopol immediately post war 1945-1946. The cruiser is Molotov (you could a see a catapult with Be-4 float plane), honestly I would say Spring-Summer 1946 as the ship suffered a major accident in October 1946.

Molotov had her catapult installed 1943 but all ships in the class had them removed by 1947 which puts this image between '43 and '47. I'm convinced you're correct in it being Molotov. Kirov also had a heavy foremast which is lacking in this image. Thanks for your help with this mate, very appreciated

 

[morris]

Soviet cruiser Black Sea Fleet Molotov: MK-3-180 artillery turrets with 180-mm B-1-P guns

Molotov sister ship cruiser "Voroshilov" Black Sea Fleet

 

[morris]

Project 26bis Kirov-class cruiser of the Soviet Navy that served during World War II and into the Cold War, probably Molotov given the white screens which were a feature of Molotov

Советский крейсер "Молотов" в Севастополе за день до начала войны

Военный альбом: Советский крейсер Черноморского флота проекта 26-бис "Молотов" в Севастополе за день до начала войны.

waralbum.ru

About the photo - Project 26-bis Soviet cruiser of the Black Sea Fleet Molotov in Sevastopol the day before the start of the war.

 

[morris]

More about the cruiser Molotov

Project 26-bis Soviet light cruiser of the Black Sea Fleet Molotov anchored in Sevastopol. 1941.

During the repair, the stern, dismantled from the unfinished cruiser "Frunze", was docked with the hull of the cruiser "Molotov". On the night of August 3, 1942, the cruiser "Molotov" and the leader "Kharkov" fired at the port of Feodosia and the berths of Dvuyakornaya Bay to destroy the enemy ships and floating assets concentrated there, preparing to cross the Kerch Strait and land on the Taman Peninsula. During a combat mission, the ship was attacked by a German torpedo plane. One of the two fired torpedoes hit the starboard aft end of the ship. The explosion tore off 20 meters of the aft end of the cruiser (up to the 262th sp.) With a rudder, a tiller compartment with a steering gear and a chemical compartment. 18 people were killed in the aft compartments. All rooms in the area of the explosion were destroyed, the bracket of the right shaft line deformed, and the propeller shaft cone was bent.
The repairs were carried out by the plant No. 201 in Poti from October 1942 to July 1943.

Soviet light cruiser Molotov (Project 26-bis) in a floating dock during refurbishment. 1943.

The Soviet cruiser Molotov enters the Northern Bay of Sevastopol. 1944.

Под Феодосией нашли корму легендарного крейсера "Молотов"

Часть корпуса крейсера "Молотов" нашла группа крымских водолазов возле Феодосии. Корабль утратил корму во время авиаудара в 1942 году и, несмотря на это, остался на плаву, а уже в августе 1947 года именно на нем Иосиф Сталин совершил переход из Ялты в Сочи. РИА Новости Крым

crimea.ria.ru

The stern of the cruiser Molotov was discovered by divers near Feodosia.
RIA Novosti Crimea: https://crimea.ria.ru/society/20150826/1100816058.html

 

[morris]

More photos from the cruiser Molotov

Stalin aboard the cruiser Molotov en route from Yalta to Sochi, August 19, 1947

 

[morris]

A Soviet 12.7-mm DShK-38 machine-gun team of the Red Army changes its firing position on the front line. 1944

 

[morris]

Soviet pilots and a representative of the English 151st wing of the RAF plan a joint military operation against the Nazi Luftwaffe.

 

[morris]

WW II: A Quad Maxim AA unit springs to life outside of St Isaac’s Cathedral during the Siege of Leningrad

 

[BravoZulu]

Red Army IS-2 heavy tank on the streets of Berlin, 1945

Soviet T-34/85 in the Chinese city of Dalian during their August offensive against the Japanese Kwantung Army, 1945

 

[Marat]

OTD 1944 Belgrade is free.

 

[BravoZulu]

Mikhail Alekseev, a Buryat-Mongolian Soviet soldier, with his PPSh-41 in the ruins of Berlin, 1945

 

[guest0001]

Local children check out Red Army ISU-152’s in Rakovník Czechoslovakia - May 1945

The inscription on the gun barrel reads: "FORWARD TO BERLIN!" on the turret side: "COME ON!"

Muzeum T. G. M. Rakovník Archives

 

[guest0001]

Red Army Troops use a captured Mercedes L4500 Maultier to pull a 76mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) in Rakovník Czechoslovakia - May 1945
Muzeum T. G. M. Rakovník Archives

 

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Red Army SU-76 is greeted by the locals in Nové Strašecí Czechoslovakia - May 1945
Muzeum T. G. M. Rakovník Archives

 

[BravoZulu]

Fall, 1941. Soviet warships photographed by German aerial reconnaissance at Kronstadt Naval Base. The largest ship (number "2") is the heavy cruiser Kirov (1936-circa 1975); the vessel at centre (number "1") is a Leningrad class destroyer leader (either Leningrad or Minsk ).

 

[guest0001]

One of the rarer Soviet self-propelled guns, the ISU-122S.