Civilian population

“I do my bit”. 1941

Pioneers, members of literary club, read Mikhail Lermontov’s poetry on the pond. Lermontovo. 1941

Pioneers during excursion in house-museum of Mikhail Lermontov. From the series “The day before the war”. Lermontovo. 1941

A couple. “The day before war”, photo series. Lermontovo, 1941

Reading Mikhail Lermontov’s poetry. . LermontovoFrom the series “The day before the war”. Lermontovo. 1941

Girl. Scenery. From the series “The day before the war”. Lermontovo. 1941

Pioneer leader reads Mikhail Lermontov’s poetry for pioneers. Tarkhani. 1941

Composer Dmitry Shostakovich, laureate of the Stalin prize of the first degree 1941

Victims shot by the firing squad in the prison yard. Rostov-on-Don

Preschool on Primorsky Boulevard. Sevastopol

Life again. Sevastopol

Citizens of Sevastopol greet their liberators

"Why the war?» A blind man with a guide. Berlin

Return of refugees. Berlin

Growing vegetables on St. Isaac's Square during the Siege of the city. Leningrad. August, 1942