Berlin 1945

Боец Красной армии Катя Спивак регулирует движение на улицах Берлина, 10.05.1945

Автор: Яков Рюмкин

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Stendhal says:

20 Apr 2016 at 23:40

Regarding the 1945 Red Army traffic controller there seems to be a video clip of her here:

http://www.net-film.ru/en/found-page-2/?search=q1945+berlin+traffic+regulator “LA Ovcharenko at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin (1945)”

Is it possible to find out what is said in there ? Also the color version seems to show an Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class, is that intended ? Would a Guards unit be indicated on the uniform ?

Thanks.

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1. klimbim2014 says:
  
  21 Apr 2016 at 10:11
  
  The girls in the video and on the photo look very much alike, it can be the same person though the names are different (video: Ovcharenko, photo: Spivak), but there are lots of mistakes in the internet.
  She says in the video that she graduated from the school (10 classes in the USSR) and then had a long way: Ukraine, Crimea and now Berlin.
  There is not the Order of the Patriotic War what she is wearing – this is a badge, kind of “Expert Qualification Badge” which was given for good job.
  
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Stendhal says:

30 Apr 2016 at 10:49

Thank you. Spivak may be her maiden name, but I am confused on the first name — the photograph says Katya, the movie (per Yuri Raizman) says Lydia, I even seem to hear Elisa (?) in the video clip. Or is Katya a generic endearment for any Russian female ? But perhaps I obsess. Have a happy May Day !

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