Leningrad: Amazing Then and Now Photos

Just come across these amazing blended then and now photos of Leningrad/St Petersberg.

A lot of time and effort has gone in to creating these photos and my hat is off to the person who did them.

Biertijd.com // Media » St.Petersburg - Past vs Present

 

Dawai ! Those are truly great montages. I love the T34 one

 

excellent photos. somewhat eerie and ghostly. The ghosts of Russia's past have come back to life. Very interesting

 

I find the fifth and sixth photos, of German POWs being marched along a street, most eerie.

How many, if any, survived Russian internment?

 

I don't know if you read Soldat by Siegfried Knappe? It is a good history of a German arty officer during the war and his survival after being interned in a Soviet POW camp. Great insights into what the NKVD was looking for and who survived the camps. He was a bit more lucky than the average soldier, being an officer. To escape the interrogations was a delicate matter for all.

 

Those are some real amazing photos there Panther

 

Amazing constellations! Tks for sharing!
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These photos have been making the rounds for a few years now, but the are so amazing that they still generate interest. I am still fascinated with how they are done.

The photographer/artist is Sergey Larenkov and you can visit his blog/livejournal to view all of his works: sergey_larenkov

Please note, much of the blog is in Russian, but there is enough English to navigate around the website and view all of his amazing work.