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Now and Then - First artillery attack on Leningrad

Damage caused by the hit of the first German heavy artillery shell on a residential building in Leningrad. According to official…

Now and Then - Motorcycles in Soltsy

Soltsy, Sovetsky prospekt. July 1941/April 2023 Soviet soldiers walk past an abandoned Zundapp KS 750 motorcycle with tactical…

Now and Then - Novgorod Kremlin gate

Novgorod Kremlin, August 1941/Spring 1944/April 2023 From the German-issued Russian language newspaper "Pravda" meant for the…

Now and Then - Counterstrike at Soltsy

Soltsy, intersection of Sovetsky prospekt and Lenin street. 16.07.1941-02.04.2023 Soviet soldiers examine abandoned German officers'…

Now and Then - Liberation of Kaluga

Today, 81 year ago - Liberation of Kaluga Kaluga, Gostiny Dvor. December 30, 1941 / Kaluga, Gostiny Dvor. August 2022 KV-1 tank near…

Now and Then - Kaluga Ghetto

Central Park of Culture and Rest promontory, Kaluga. August 2022 / Central Park of Culture and Rest promontory, December 1941 A gun…

Now and Then - Neva Bridge near Kuzminki - 2

Outskirts of Kuzminki village on the bank of the Neva river. Leningrad province, Vsevolozhsky district. November 1941 / Outskirts of…

Now and Then - Ivanovskoye Bridgehead

Ivanovskoye, Kingisepp district. Church of St. Jonh the Apostle. August 2022 / Ivanovskoye, Kingisepp district. Church of St. John the…

Now and Then - Neva Bridge near Kuzminki

Western outskirts of Pavlovo village, mid-September 1941 / Western outskirts of Pavlovo village, April 2022 German troops building…

Now and Then - Lenin monument in Gatchina

Prospekt of the 25th of October, Gatchina. February 2022 / Petersburgerstrasse, Lindemannstadt. October 1941 German soldiers examine a…

Now and Then - Pavlovsk POWs

Revolution street, Slutsk. September 1941 / Sadovaya street, Pavlovsk. February 2022 Column of Soviet POWs marching next to…

Now and Then - Venev under occupation

Volodarskogo street, Venev. December 1941 / Volodarskogo street, Venev. December 2021 German troops on the streets of Venev. Last…