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World War II re-enactors dressed as a Soviet border guard, right, and a Red Army sapper, left, are seen after taking part in one of the era battles staged at the Nikolskoye
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Portrait of Soviet border guard V. Kapralov as he attends the reception at the Central Committee of the Komsomol and political department of the KGB troops in honor of Border Guard Day,
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