The commander of the detachment of the 47th Separate Engineering Battalion of the 224th Infantry Division, Sergeant Silin Pavel Kharitonovich (1914-1986), raises the Red flag of the Soviet Army of the fire tower of the Skye House in liberated Gatchina.
Location: Gatchina, Leningrad Region, USSR
Date: January 26, 1944
Author: David Trachtenberg