World War Two veteran Nikolay Mazanik, 92, is seen in an undated handout picture (L), posing for a picture in Victory square in Minsk (Top R) and at home in Belarus April 10, 2015. Mazanik started the war as a commander of a rifle platoon in an infantry company of the Soviet Union army from June 1941 until May 1945. Originally from Belarus, the end of World War Two found him in the city of Koenigsberg, Germany. (Photo by Vasily Fedosenko/Reuters/Family handout (L))
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