When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, thousands of young women served in the Red Army and p
When Germany invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, thousands of young women served in the Red Army and partisan forces in Belarus. In the years since, they have been hailed as heroes and role models. Photographs by Polish photographer Agnieszka Rayss. I really recommend you check out the source and read their stories. Maria Antonovna Pospielova Zaskovichi [top photo - FYEE] remembers a walk through the woods when she was in the partisan force. “I was surrounded by a pack of wolves. I had a pistol with only two bullets. I climbed onto the trunk of a felled pine tree, crossed myself, and they finally left.” -- source link
#belarus#history#photography#soviet union#badasses