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Kombat. Black-and-white photograph by the Soviet photographer Max Alpert

Kombat is a black-and-white photograph by the Soviet photographer Max Alpert. It depicts a Soviet military officer armed with a TT pistol who is raising his unit for an attack during World War II. This work is regarded as one of the most iconic Soviet World War II photographs, yet neither the date nor the subject is known with certainty. the photograph depicts junior politruk Aleksei Yeryomenko, minutes before his death on 12 July 1942, in Voroshilovgrad Oblast, Ukraine.

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Kombat. Black-and-white photograph by the Soviet photographer Max Alpert

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Kombat is a black-and-white photograph by the Soviet photographer Max Alpert. It depicts a Soviet military officer armed with a TT pistol who is raising his unit for an attack during World War II. This work is regarded as one of the most iconic Soviet World War II photographs, yet neither the date nor the subject is known with certainty. the photograph depicts junior politruk Aleksei Yeryomenko, minutes before his death on 12 July 1942, in Voroshilovgrad Oblast, Ukraine.

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Album / Universal Histroy Archive/Universal Images Group

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Image size:

4721 x 4442 px | 60.0 MB

Print size:

40.0 x 37.6 cm | 15.7 x 14.8 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

12 JULY 1942 • ALEKSEI YERYOMENKO • ARMED • ASSAULT • ATTACK • ATTACKING • BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPH • COMMUNISM • DEATH • ICONIC SOVIET WORLD WAR II PHOTOGRAPHS • JUNIOR POLITRUK • KOMBAT • MAX ALPERT • PROPAGANDA • RUSIA • RUSSIA • SOVIET MILITARY OFFICER • SOVIET PHOTOGRAPHER • SOVIET UNION • TT PISTOL • UCRANIA • UKRAINE • UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS • UNIT • USSR • VOROSHILOVGRAD OBLAST • WORLD WAR II