Bidspirit auction | [Soviet. Family archive]. Troshkin, P.A.

[Soviet. Family archive]. Troshkin, P.A. Photograph ”Marshal Georgy Zhukov. Near Yelnya”. - 16,1x23,7 cm. - Description: Silver-gelatin print. Information: Pavel Artemievich Troshkin (1909-1944) was a Soviet photojournalist for the ”Izvestia” newspaper, a participant in the Great Patriotic War (World War II), and a major. He was distinguished by his personal bravery, taking photographs at the risk of his life. His photographs of several dozen damaged German vehicles on the Buinichi field near Mogilev, published on July 20, 1941 in ”Izvestia”, became the first large-scale photographic evidence of the valor of Soviet soldiers. He died on October 19, 1944 in a battle near the city of Stanislav. Defects: Condition report by request.