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Now and Then - Labour square

Leningrad, Labour square. September 13, 1941 / St. Petersburg, Labour square. October 2021 "Leningrad in the days of the Fatherland…

Now and Then - BT tanks

Komsomola street, Leningrad. November 1941 / Komsomola street, St. Petersburg. April 2021 BT-5 tanks driving across the city.   From…

Now and Then - Sevastyanov's air ram

Park of Culture and Rest in the name of the First Five Year Plan, Leningrad. November, 1941 / Taurida Gardens, St. Petersburg. August…

Now and Then - Novgorod Arch

Novgorod Kremlin, August 1941 / Novgorod Kremlin, May 2021 German soldiers walking through Prechistenskaya Arch with a wrecked Soviet…

Now and Then - Naro-Fominsk factory

Naro-Fominsk Weaving-Textile Factory, Naro-Fominsk. End of December of 1941 / Construction grounds of the future "Nara-City" shopping…

Now and Then - Gallows in Luga

Crossing of Kirov prospekt and Svyazi lane, Luga. 1941-1943 / Crossing of Kirov prospekt and Svyazi lane, Luga. June 2021   Gallows…

Now and Then - June 22, Nevsky

Corner of the prospekt of the 25th of October and Proletkulta street. June 1941 / Corner of Nevsky prospekt and Malaya Sadovaya, June…

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 - 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 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…