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Now and Then - Gatchina bridge
Prospekt of the 25th of October, Gatchina. Palace park. January 26th, 1944 / Prospekt of the 25th of October, Gatchina. Palace park.…
Now and Then - Pravda street
Corner of Sotsialisticheskaya street and Pravda street, Leningrad. 1943 / Corner of Sotsialisticheskaya street and Pravda street, St.…
Now and Then - Holocaust in Novgorod
Novgorod, St. Sophia square. Late August 1941 / Novgorod, St. Sophia-Victory square. May 2021 German soldiers walking past the…
Now and then - Millennium of Russia in Novgorod
Novgorod Kremlin, January 1944 / Novgorod Kremlin, May 2021 Soviet soldiers standing in front of the dismantled and scattered statues…
Now and Then - Gatchina burgermeister
Chkalov street, Gatchina. 26.01.1944 / Chkalov street, Gatchina. May 2021 Soviet soldiers taking down the "Burgermeister" plaque from…
Now and then - Bayonet practice
Vorovsky square, Leningrad. November 1941 / St. Isaac's square, St. Petersburg. May 2021 A VSEOBUCH (Universal Military Training…
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…