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On the way to the retreat of the Germans near Gatchina. Burning houses set on fire by the Nazis. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944

On the way to the retreat of the Germans near Gatchina. Burning houses set on fire by the Nazis. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944
Colonel F. Burmistrov, commander of the Gatchina Rifle Division. Burmistrov's division was one of the first to break into Gatchina. Gatchina, USSR. 1944Sergeant V.M. Ippalitov's heavy gun firing at retreating Germans. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1943
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Photos from collection Siege of Leningrad

Gatchina prisoner-of-war camp. Gatchina, USSR. 1944

Gatchina prisoner-of-war camp. Gatchina, USSR. 1944

Corpses of tortured Red Army soldiers found in Gatchina prisoner-of-war camp. Gatchina, USSR. 1944

Corpses of tortured Red Army soldiers found in Gatchina prisoner-of-war camp. Gatchina, USSR. 1944

The building of the German commandant's office in Gatchina on the Red Street, surrounded by wire. Place of German torture and atrocities on the remaining civilians of the town. Gatchina, USSR. 1944

The building of the German commandant's office in Gatchina on the Red Street, surrounded by wire. Place of German torture and atrocities on the remaining civilians of the town. Gatchina, USSR. 1944

The Pavlovsk palace set on fire by German barbarians in liberated Pavlovsk. Pavlovsk, USSR. 1944

The Pavlovsk palace set on fire by German barbarians in liberated Pavlovsk. Pavlovsk, USSR. 1944

Prisoners. Leningrad Front, USSR. January 17, 1944

Prisoners. Leningrad Front, USSR. January 17, 1944

A German heavy tank 'Tiger' captured by Soviet troops. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1943

A German heavy tank 'Tiger' captured by Soviet troops. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1943

In the liberated Pushkin. A poster of the German commandant on the bars of the Catherine's Park, threatening to shoot the inhabitants if they are in this area. Pushkin, USSR. 1944

In the liberated Pushkin. A poster of the German commandant on the bars of the Catherine's Park, threatening to shoot the inhabitants if they are in this area. Pushkin, USSR. 1944

Gatchina liberated from the Germans. The Gatchina Gates and Avenue 25 of October. Gatchina, USSR. 1944

Gatchina liberated from the Germans. The Gatchina Gates and Avenue 25 of October. Gatchina, USSR. 1944

The liberated land. The Narva area, Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944

The liberated land. The Narva area, Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944

Leningrad partisans, who fought behind the German front lines for over 2 years, returning to Leningrad. Leningrad, USSR. 1944

Leningrad partisans, who fought behind the German front lines for over 2 years, returning to Leningrad. Leningrad, USSR. 1944

Leningrad partisans, who fought behind the German frontline for over 2 years, returning to Leningrad. Leningrad, USSR. 1944

Leningrad partisans, who fought behind the German frontline for over 2 years, returning to Leningrad. Leningrad, USSR. 1944

Sergeant V.M. Ippalitov's heavy gun firing at retreating Germans. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1943

Sergeant V.M. Ippalitov's heavy gun firing at retreating Germans. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1943

Colonel F. Burmistrov, commander of the Gatchina Rifle Division. Burmistrov's division was one of the first to break into Gatchina. Gatchina, USSR. 1944

Colonel F. Burmistrov, commander of the Gatchina Rifle Division. Burmistrov's division was one of the first to break into Gatchina. Gatchina, USSR. 1944

Gatchina, liberated from the Germans. Burning houses set on fire by the Nazis on the Red Street, renamed in Stuttgartstrasse by the Germans. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944

Gatchina, liberated from the Germans. Burning houses set on fire by the Nazis on the Red Street, renamed in Stuttgartstrasse by the Germans. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944

In the liberated Pushkin. The Catherine Palace barbarously destroyed by the Nazis. Pushkin, Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944

In the liberated Pushkin. The Catherine Palace barbarously destroyed by the Nazis. Pushkin, Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944

The Germans set up a cemetery of their soldiers and officers in the liberated Pushkin, near the Alexander Palace destroyed by the fascist barbarians. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944

The Germans set up a cemetery of their soldiers and officers in the liberated Pushkin, near the Alexander Palace destroyed by the fascist barbarians. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944

Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General Trubachev V.A.. His unit was the first to rush into Gatchina. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944

Hero of the Soviet Union, Major General Trubachev V.A.. His unit was the first to rush into Gatchina. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944

Fireworks in Leningrad. Leningrad, USSR. January 27, 1944

Fireworks in Leningrad. Leningrad, USSR. January 27, 1944

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Major Pokryshev P.A. visiting writer Tikhonov N.A. Leningrad Front, USSR. January 1944

Twice Hero of the Soviet Union, Major Pokryshev P.A. visiting writer Tikhonov N.A. Leningrad Front, USSR. January 1944

Long-range heavy German 305-mm gun fired at Leningrad and captured by the Soviet troops near Krasnoye Selo. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944

Long-range heavy German 305-mm gun fired at Leningrad and captured by the Soviet troops near Krasnoye Selo. Leningrad Front, USSR. 1944

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