Исторические и современные, художественные и любительские, цветные и черно-белые фотографии Санкт-Петербурга (Ленинграда) второй половины двадцатого века.
Photos of St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Soviet period which are revealing the image of the city in memory of generations of the last half of the twenty century.
St. Petersburg is the cultural capital of the Soviet Union and Russia, the northern capital, the northern Venice, a cradle of revolution. Leningrad is the city-hero of Great Patriotic War (World War 2). It is the sign for every Russian, and the vast majority of the inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Independent States. History and photographs of the Leningrad in the school textbooks were not smaller than of Moscow and today news of St. Petersburg deservedly say more and more often. Fortunately, unlike in Moscow, St. Petersburg has changed much less, only crowds of people and cars on the streets became more. St. Petersburg is a handsome face of Russia. But many of us remember St. Petersburg from the recent past with a huge heart, but with long ago renovated walls, broken roads, a few not very sober Finnish tourists and free roads.
Nostalgia for those days has pushed for the creation of this site, it is based on photographs and postcards of St. Petersburg, which were purchased at kiosks “Soyuzpechat” in the streets during the many trips and visits. They like the memory of the printed image of a beloved city, such as it is not known Leningrad and visitors from all over Russia. Someone was in the Leningrad military service, someone came to learn, tourists and business trips, but nobody left the city with disappointment and dislike. This is the old capital of Russia an advantage over the modern Russian capital.
Gathered in one place photos of St. Petersburg Soviet period, which was then still called Leningrad, will be useful not only to those studying the history of the city, but also to the people who wish to once again plunge into the memories and in a unforgettable atmosphere. The atmosphere, weaving a luxury Hermitage, cold wind with small rain, Viola cheese in a plastic cup, steaming black smoke tour bus, and most cultural and educated in the entire Soviet people.
The photos of St. Petersburg do not claim to full coverage, they only reflect a generation of memories about this beautiful city. In the photos and captions to photos stored Soviet style and historical realities specific to the time when the photographs were made.
Санкт-Петербург и Ленинград на русском.