Russia

Twenty-year old soldiers who fought in the World War II are now past eighty. Few are still alive. But they still remember how after many devastating years, the spring came, and the war was over.

In the spring of 1945 Europe was liberated from the tiranny of Nazi occupation. Sixty-seven years on, the children who survived the Holocaust are still haunted by their experiences deep into old age. Listen to their stories on RTDoc. 

For the Red Army soldiers the Reichstag building was the final target and the last major offensive of World War II. What rose out of the fall of Berlin?

It was a Soviet version of paradise, a corner of peace and security in the country torn by war. It all ended one summer day. Weeks of nonstop bombing, months of fierce battles and inexplicable bravery of the city's little heroes.

Defending the Brest fortress was one of Russia’s first World War II battles. It was also one of its most poignant chapters. Learn more about the historic fight in RTDoc’s film.

A massive German offensive began in the early morning of July 5, 1943. The fighting engulfed all fronts of the Kursk Bulge. It lasted for 50 days and nights. Find out more about the greatest tank battle of World War Two in this report. 

In the grim years of World War II, many heroes fought and carried out the impossible. But some of their names were concealed for reasons known only to the Soviet government. One of the darkest secrets of World War II disclosed in "The First Victory" on RTDoc.

A passage out of hell. A narrow path over the thin ice was the only way out of besieged Leningrad. It saved many lives, but some never made it to the sanctuary of the shore.

For six months the Russian capital was in a state of siege. Day and night, people lived in fear of capture and in readiness for a desperate defense. How did a military parade amid the horrors of the siege become the turning point of the war?