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Russian cities during World War II vs now (Part 2)
Boris Egorov
Dec 18 2024
History
Boris Kudoyarov/Sputnik; Legion Media
Many of them were severely destroyed after the Nazi occupation. This is what they look like now.
Gagarin (Gzhatsk)
Samariy Gurariy/Sputnik
Zightsev (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sevastopol
Alexey Mezhuev/Sputnik
Konstantin Mikhalchevsky/Sputnik
Vyborg
Sergey Shimansky/Sputnik
Legion Media
Kaliningrad (Königsberg)
Sputnik
Ilya Pitalev/Sputnik
Volgograd (Stalingrad)
Emmanuil Evzerikhin/Sputnik
Kirill Braga/Sputnik
Donetsk (Stalino)
Sergey LoskutovТАСС
Sergey Averin/Sputnik
Saint Petersburg (Leningrad)
Boris Kudoyarov/Sputnik
Legion Media
Moscow
Boris Kudoyarov/Sputnik
Alexander Vilf/Sputnik
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