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| Georgi Zhukov speaking in Moscow, Russia, 1 Sep 1941 | Machine gunners of Soviet 20th Army on the Dnieper River near Dorogobuzh, Russia, 1 Sep 1941 |
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| Soviet soldier teaching civilians how to disarm a un-exploded German incendiary bomb, Sverdlov Square, Moscow, Russia, 1 Sep 1941 | Soviet troops in a trench in Leningrad, Russia, 1 Sep 1941; note DP machine gun |
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