1941
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…