Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky



Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky (5.5.1915 - 10.9.1994) was a Soviet writer.During WWII, he served as a front corresspondent. According to Vasily Chuikov's memoirs, Dolmatovsky was present in the headquarters of his 8th Guards Army when General Hans Krebs came to request a ceasefire. There were four other visitors by Chuikov at the time: composers Matvey Blanter and Tikhon Khrennikov, and two other correspondents: the military reporter Konstantin Simonov and the civilian journalist Vsevolod Vishnevsky. Simonov and Dolmatovsky were probably the only ones in uniform.

According to historian Cornelius Ryan, none of Chuikov's senior officers could be brought fast enough, and he therefore ordered the military correspondents to imposter as his staff. Since Simonov is known to have worn Land Forces' brown uniform during the war, Dolmatovsky is most probably the guy on the right of the picture.