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My grandmother's medal "For the Defense of Leningrad"
A few days ago I learnt about a website which contained digitised records of all people who were awarded the medal "For the Defense of…
Now and then - Nevsky 30
Prospekt of the 25th of October, Leningrad. January 1942 / Nevsky Prospekt, St. Petersburg. April 2021 House #30 on the Nevsky…
Now and then - Victory Day in Leningrad
Anichkov bridge, Leningrad. May 9, 1945 / Anichkov bridge, St. Petersburg. May 9, 2021. Overjoyed Leningraders throwing each other up…
Now and Then - girls in front of a
Prospekt Stachek, Leningrad. Summer 1942 / Prospekt Stachek, St. Petersburg. April 2021. An MPVO [local anti-aircraft defense] lady…
Now and then - Nevsky Bridgehead
Nevskaya Dubrovka, Leningrad province. Autumn 1941 / Nevskaya Dubrovka, Leningrad province. 28.04.2021 Soviet soldiers preparing…
Now and Then - Anti-aircraft gun
University embankment, Leningrad. Autumn 1941 / University embankment, St. Petersburg. March 2021. Crew of a 76mm anti-aircraft gun on…
Now and Then - Fire at the print shop
Oranienbaumskaya street, Leningrad. Early June 1942 / Oranienbaumskaya street, St. Petersburg. April 2021 Books rescued from the fire…
Now and Then - Horse statues on the Anichkov bridge
Anichkov bridge, prospekt of the 25th of October, Leningrad. Early November, 1941 / Anichkov bridge, Nevsky prospekt, St. Petersburg.…
Now and Then - Nevsky prospekt and painter Pakulin
Prospekt of the 25th of October, Leningrad. January 1942 / Nevsky prospekt, St. Perersburg, April 2021 Artist Vyacheslav Pakulin…
Now and Then - Field of Mars machine gun
Square of the Victims of the Revolution, Leningrad. Winter 1942 / Field of Mars, St. Petersburg. April 2021 Heavy 12.7mm DShK machine…
Now and Then - Samoilova mansion
Dinamo settlement, south of Slutsk, mansion of Countess Yulia Samoilova. Mid-1943 / Dinamo settlement, south of Pavlovsk, mansion of…
Now and Then - Catherine Palace1
Catherine Palace, Pushkin. October 1941 / Catherine Palace, Pushkin. October 2020 German soldiers in the Great Hall of the Catherine…