Photo taken on Sept.2, 2015 shows the image of Makhmut A. Gareev in Beijing, capital of China. Currently president of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences, Makhmut A. Gareev took part in the battle to liberate Mudanjiang in northeast China's Heilongjiang province in 1945.Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday granted medals to 10 international anti-fascist fighters who fought for China in World War II. (Xinhua)