The Red Army in the second half of the 1930s (1936-1939)

Red Army commanders, students of military academies in one of the halls of the Red Army and Navy Museum.

Red Army tankers during a political lesson.

The face of one of the Red Army soldiers.

A geographic map on the wall.

The face of the instructor.

Tank school cadets in the classroom during a study of the material part of a tank.

A junior commander explains to young Red Army soldiers the methods of controlling a tank on a simulator.

A Red Army soldier masters the controls of a tank on a simulator.

Tank crews take their places in combat vehicles during exercises.

A tanker closes the turret hatch.

View of the building of the Frunze Military Academy.

Entrance to the academy building.

View of the main staircase in the lobby of the academy, students climbing the stairs.

Academy students during another lesson.

Hero of the Soviet Union Captain Udaltsov during a practical lesson on radio communication.

Students study the means of military communication.

The face of a student of the Lenin Military-Political Academy.

Sculpture of Lenin and Stalin.

A cavalry unit of the Red Army attacks a simulated enemy during maneuvers near Kiev in 1936. Cavalry squadrons during an attack.

A slogan above the entrance to a field camp.

A portrait of Voroshilov, decorated with fir branches and installed above the entrance to the village council of the Makarovsky district of the Kyiv region.

A girl runs past a hut.

A ceremonial procession of villagers in honor of the arrival of Red Army units.

Residents of a village in the Makarovsky district of the Kyiv region greet units of the Red Army during maneuvers in 1936, a horse-drawn army convoy moves along the road.

A cavalry unit enters the village, passes under a makeshift arch.

Residents of the village greet the Red Army.

Armored cars enter the village.

Faces of village residents.

Cavalry units at a halt and on the march.

Cavalry attacks a simulated enemy (wide shot).

Panorama of the area where maneuvers are taking place (from above).

Horse artillery moves to firing positions.

Attack of cavalry units.

View of a hill, people on the hill watch the movements of Red Army units.

The men of the village march along the street in formation under a red banner.

Cavalrymen ride by.