This aircraft is a series MiG-1 of unknown unit, possibly 31 IAP or 41 IAP; it was captured, with many other MiGs, on an airfield in the first days of war.
From another image, taken in a later date from the other side, the typical characteristics of MiG-1 are recognizable.

The aircraft MiG-1differs from early type MiG-3 for:

• the length was still 8,15 m ;
• the last exhaust stack is slightly overposed to the rear side plate;
• there are 7 ventilation slots on each side (instead than 6 as on early series MiG-3);
• some bulges and intakes over the nose were absent, and a small air intake under the nose was smaller;
• the tail wheel doors are without any bulge or window;
• the underwing removable panels for guns pods ammo were absent;
• the water radiator fairing and main landing gear were different from MiG-3; they had smaller wheels, different doors shape, and foldable wheel flaps as on I-16, instead of the wheel doors as on MiG-3;
• the supercharger intakes at the wingroots had shorter lips, particularly the upper ones.

• overall AII green over AII light blue;
• the shade of color on the metallic parts is faded and lighter than the wooden parts (rear fuselage, wings outer consoles); the propeller appears dark;
• the red stars have black outline and are in six positions: fuselage, wings upper and undersurfaces;

the propeller was unpainted alluminium, with the back partially painted black and very worn.