Echoes of War

Found some great pictures I wanted to share with ATS. Credit to the photographer Sergei Larenkov on these beautiful photos of the siege of Leningrad and St. Petersburg and others around Moscow, Berlin, Vienna, and Prague.


Vienna. 1945/2010. Soviet soldiers in the Imperial Palace Hoffburg


Moscow is preparing for oborone.1941/2009, Gorkogo / Tverskaya Street


Berlin 1945 / 2010. Destroyed tank “Tiger” in the park Tiergarten


Moscow, 1941/2009. Trolleybuses


Vienna. 1945/2010. Senior Lieutenant Vladimir making a sketch of the fountain with a statue of Athena in front of Parliament


Berlin 1945/2010. The soldier-winner


Leningrad / St Petersburg 1942/2010 Borovaya 26. Now there are mini-hotels in Saint Petersburg


Moscow, Mayakovsky Square, 1941/2010, the Triumphal Square


Storming the Reichstag


Beetles on the steps of the Reichstag


Victory Banner before sending it to Moscow


Berlin, Soviet artillery on the corner


Prague. Powder Tower. Population meets tanks liberators


Vienna, Infantry units moving to the city center


An area near the Brandenburg Gate

reply to post by Brandon88


Great pics!!

Very cool thread...

Lets hope this serves as a reminder... war solves nothing

S&F

reply to post by Brandon88


I've never seen anything quite like this, both moving and resilient. It really is frighteningly beautiful and so well done. Thanks for sharing this. I have goose bumps.

reply to post by Akragon


It is also a reminder that humankind continues on...even in the toughest of times.

I doubt that he could do this type of photography in the US. We keep tearing down and rebuilding every thirty years.