Soviet Veterans with UK Connections

This collection brings together Soviet and Russian veterans who share a personal bond with the United Kingdom. Some are buried in British war cemeteries — Tidworth, Cannock Chase, Chester, Harrogate, Shaftesbury. Others were held in POW camps on British soil, or emigrated to the UK after the war. Many served together with British sailors on the dangerous Arctic convoy route. Their stories represent a living bridge between Russia and Britain, forged in the shared struggle against fascism.

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Vlasov Philip Grigorevich

1911 – 1942

Junior Commander

8-я гвардейская дивизия

Manchester

Shiryaev Andrey Gavrilovich

1906 – 1943

Red Army soldier / Machine gunner

43rd Guards Rifle Division

Glasgow

⭐Partisans

Portnova Zinaida Martynovna

1926 – 1944

Partisan Scout

Young Avengers Brigade

Liverpool

⭐Soviet

Safonov Boris Feoktistovich

1915 – 1942

Lieutenant Colonel

72nd Naval Fighter Aviation Regiment

Manchester

⭐Soviet

Gastello Nikolai Frantsevich

1907 – 1941

Captain

207th Long-Range Bomber Regiment

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