Soviet Old photo's (1935 - 1942)

[Ferdinand]

I recently acquired some nice old photo's and thought I'd share them here:

Anatoliy Iosifovich Bogdanovich. Signed by Colonel Starostin, Krasnoluchskiy RVK, Voroshilovgrad Oblast.

[Ferdinand]

An unknown officer of a - to me - unknown branch. Nothing written on the reverse.

[Ferdinand]

A photo apparently once glued into a photo album. Something in Ukrainian: "To [...] from mother and brother - 30 January 1934 [...]"

Edited November 24, 2008 by Ferdinand

[Ferdinand]

Also apparently from a photo album. "To Viktor and Aleksander from (father?)" and something about a "contusion (shell shock)"

[Ferdinand]

Military Doctor 2nd Rank [equivalent to Major] Grigoriy Vasilyevich Litvinov.

[Ferdinand]

A photo of a Senior Lieutenant with on the reverse "In memory - Valichka". Also see:

- http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=32311

[Ferdinand]

A photo of an Artillery Lieutenant and his son with on the reverse "[...] and his son [...] 10 February 1944 [...]"

Edited November 24, 2008 by Ferdinand

[Ferdinand]

And the last one. On the reverse: "To dad from son(?) [...] 18 March 1935 [...] Chernigov"

What does the "КШ" on the collar mean?

[RichieC]

An unknown officer of a - to me - unknown branch. Nothing written on the reverse.

Senior Commander of Staff - Ministry of State Railways (Cтарший Hачсостав - Министерство Путей Сообщений)...

[RichieC]

Also apparently from a photo album. "To Viktor and Aleksander from (father?)" and something about a "contusion (shell shock)"

A very rare occurrence to see these words "contusion" actually written... Most, if not all of these cases were written of by the powers that be (or were, for that matter) as "cowardice"...

[RichieC]

I recently acquired some nice old photo's and thought I'd share them here:

Anatoliy Iosifovich Bogdanovich. Signed by Colonel Starostin, Krasnoluchskiy RVK, Voroshilovgrad Oblast.

Very interesting (to me) photo to say the least...

I believe that I own one of these white tunics (that I have always thought to be a potential Ministry of State Railways item, but could not put a finger on as to precisely what it was BTW). It is made from thin off-white linen, had collar tabs at one time, and has silvered Railways buttons. It has two holes on each collar flap. Going by your photo is how I have come to this hypothesis that it is indeed such a thing, undocumented in any "professor's" book...

Thanks for showing the photo 'Ferdinand' :cheers:

Edited November 25, 2008 by RichieC

[Guest Rick Research]

That one looks remarkably like the (then) young 1980s actor Lorenzo Lamas. He's got crossed hammer on the tabs and his buttons so presumably something to do with MINING?

K Sh must be Something School... some sort of officer candidates school.