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Multimedia Rota Osobogo Naznacheniya

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September 20th, 2023
Last Updated
October 27th, 2023
Country
The Soviet Union
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Order of Battle
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Female Soviet Divers and Diving Instructors

Female divers preparing at Stalingrad. This picture is probably taken in 1942.
Rota Osobogo Naznacheniya
Commander of the RON, Ivan Vasilyevich Prokhvatilov – “Batya”
Ivan Vasilyevich Prokhvatilov at the shooting range.
Ivan Vasilyevich Prokhvatilov at the head of the table saluting men of the RON.

Commander Captain 2nd rank, Ivan Prokhvatilov with some men of the Rota Osobogo Naznacheniya.
Kakumäe village (photo 1945) In the center Prokhvatilov I.B.
Front row: Vinogradov M., Borovikov L.V., Burmak A.I., Matveev A.S., Kadurin N.S., FrolovP.F., Mosyaev N.N.,
Second row: Abakumov P.V., Dibrov N.M., Nepomniachtchi S.M., Vorotyagin P.V., Smirnrv G.M., Jurpvics Z.Zh., Nazarov N., Nikolaev V., Borisov V. A., Krivobok A..
Third row: F. Havroshechkin, N. LukinL., Fokin F.N., Dobrykh F.M., Kozlov F.M., Gritsunov V.G., Nerubatsky A.M..

Combat divers of the Rota Osobogo Naznacheniya
Post war picture of a diver wearing a TU-1 suit and light oxygen breathing apparatus. He is also wearing camouflage.
Equipment
Salvage Operations around Leningrad. The road of life.
U-250 in a dock in Kronstadt Harbour, September 1944
U-250 at the dock in Kronstadt.
U-250 at the dock in Kronstadt.
Damage at the front of submarine U-250 at the dock in Kronstadt.
Close-up of the damage at the front of submarine U-250 at the dock in Kronstadt.
Back of submarine U-250 at the dock in Kronstadt.
Extraction of the bodies of dead German submariner.
Extraction of the bodies of dead German submariners.
A dead German submariner is taken off board of the U-250.
Submarine U-250 at the dock in Kronstadt being supported by logs to stay upright.
Submarine U-250 in the dry dock at Kronstadt harbour.
Weapons at the tower of submarine U-250 in Kronstadt dock.
Tower of submarine U-250 in Kronstadt dock.
Submarine U-250 in Kronstadt dry dock.
Submarine U-250 in Kronstadt dry dock.
Captured crew members of the submarine U-250. In the center is the submarine commander Werner-Karl Schmidt.
Former U-250 commander Werner-Karl Schmidt oversees the work on his submarine in the dock of Kronstadt.