St. Petersburg now and then and interesting look.

A new twist of what modern day St. Petersburg looks like now mixed in with the WW2 siege days...

Part 1 English Russia » Leningrad Siege: Now and Then

Part 2 English Russia » St. Petersburg: Now and Then 2

 

Those pictures are amazing, thanks for posting!

 

Thanks. Ive seen the regular ones in the past, but these have a unique twist!

 

Some interesting photgraphic tecniques-thanks Slonik!

 

The photo with the street sign: “THIS SIDE OF THE STREET IS MORE DANGEROUS DURING THE ARTILARY BARGE” really makes me reflect upon how tough it was.

 

"Elephant man!"

 

My grandmother was in the siege right from the very start. I've always wondered what it would be like for her if she were to go visit now post USSR. She escaped by crossing the frozen lake in a convey. I can only imagine what that experience must have been like for her...Makes for amazing stories though!

Ilya

 

Ilya,

My grandmother was a nurse in St. Petersburg and some of her stories before she past were quite gruesome... My father lost two would be older sisters in the siege, one in the arms of my grandmother while crossing lake Ladoga. A very dark time for the city and her inhabitants.

 

The Michael K. Jones account "Leningrad" blames then commander Voroshilov for the city's plight-It seems "Klim" failed to disperse the city's food supply and it was bombed. Inhuman NAZI policy did the rest.
JeffinMNUSA

 

Yup. This is just one of the few reason why Veroshilov was replaced by Zhukov.

 

Wow...I can only imagine what that must have been like. My grandmother wasn't a nurse, she was trapped there when the invasion occurred as she was studying in the city at the time. She recalls everything of course from the dead bodies in the streets, the "bread" (if you can call it bread) rations, the bombing raids etc. In fact she still gets very nervous when tornado sirens go off (we're in Texas now lol).

My other set of grandparents were younger and under 18 at the time. My whole family is from Belarus by the way so they were VERY quickly caught off guard, very close to the German invasion, and VERY nervous and in an obvious rush to get out...not to mention the being Jewish factor. They "hauled ass" out on foot and walked for who knows how long. Eventually made it well past Moscow to work in the fields and factories helping the war effort.

A lot of the stories are just amazing, the close calls are intense just to listen to. It's hard to imagine putting ones self in that position.

 

wow those pictures are really well done. thanks for posting!