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Lieutenant Dmitri Volkov

Age 24 World War II

Dmitri Volkov was born 1918 in Saratov, a Volga River town. Before the war he was a schoolteacher and amateur poet. He volunteered for the front in August 1941, refusing a safe position training new recruits. By Stalingrad, he was among the most experienced soldiers in his unit. His men called him 'Uchitel' — Teacher — because he reviewed their letters home for grammar mistakes.

Letters by Lieutenant Dmitri Volkov

World War II • 1939–1945 1 letter

The Volga Remembers

1 min WW2

An unsent letter found among Lieutenant Dmitri Volkov's belongings after he was killed at the Red October factory. He writes by the light of a burning building as the Battle of Stalingrad rages around him.

Lieutenant Dmitri Volkov → Natasha Volkov 1942-10-15

Stalingrad, USSR

Places Lieutenant Dmitri Volkov wrote from

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