victory day!

[Michael I.]

tommorow is the great patriotic wa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_patriotic_war)r victory day!

some pics by Baltermantz,Khaldey and others(taken with fed's,leicas and contaxes).

http://www.ochevidec.net/id/2319.html

[rogue_designer]

wow - some great images in there. Thanks for sharing with us.

[KoNickon]

Great stuff. Almost all of those photos are new to me.

Interesting that the Soviet Union always celebrated VE Day on May 9 instead of May 8.

[Michael I.]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Reichstag_flag.jpg
that is by Evgeniy Khaldey.

he has a great book of pics from the Nurnberg Trials.

"In the Soviet Union the end of the war is considered to be May 9, when the surrender took effect Moscow time. This date is celebrated as a national holiday - Victory Day - in Russia and some other post-Soviet countries."

[Michael I.]

http://www.skjstudio.com/baltermants/