"Were loaded on fight against Hitlerites": what fighting way there passed tankmen-volunteers from Ural

80 years ago the history of one of the most unusual heroic formations of Red army — the Ural voluntary tank case began. The division consisted of the factory workers who had a reservation, but seeking to get on the front. The case was equipped with legendary T-34 tanks. Volunteers passed with fights from the Kursk arch to Prague and Berlin. The 90th tank division became the modern successor of the Ural voluntary tank case. In 2022 the 80th regiment of this formation received the honourable name "Guards". Soldiers of the Ural voluntary tank case on March 11, 1943 in...