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Historical Memory

January 29, 2009

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A friend sent me link to some interesting montage made by Sergei Larenkov in honor of the 65th anniversary of the Leningrad Blockade, juxtaposing present day street shots with shots of the same location during the 872 day siege of Leningrad by the Germans in WWII.
http://fima-psuchopadt.livejournal.com/2564781.html
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(If you have a fleeting interest in the blockade then you should check out the book:
Blockade Diary by Lidiya Ginzburg)

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