Moscow during World War II vs now (PHOTOS)

Oleg Knorring, Yekaterina Chesnokova/Sputnik
Oleg Knorring, Yekaterina Chesnokova/Sputnik
The battle for the Soviet capital became one of the key ones during the war. Check out what Moscow looked like during that horrible period and what the city looks like these days.

Gorky Street (Tverskaya Street)

Alexander Ustinov/Sputnik
Alexander Ustinov/Sputnik
Vladimir Astapkovich/Sputnik
Vladimir Astapkovich/Sputnik

Bolshoi Theater

Naum Granovsky/Sputnik
Naum Granovsky/Sputnik
Ramil Sitdikov/Sputnik
Ramil Sitdikov/Sputnik

Krasnokholmskaya Embankment along the Moscow River

Sputnik
Sputnik
Legion Media
Legion Media

Avtomobilist Stadium

Ivan Shagin/Sputnik
Ivan Shagin/Sputnik
V. Khomenko/Sputnik
V. Khomenko/Sputnik

Okhotny Ryad Square (Okhotny Ryad Street)

Anatoly Garanin/Sputnik
Anatoly Garanin/Sputnik
Vladimir Astapkovich/Sputnik
Vladimir Astapkovich/Sputnik

Theater of the Red Army (Theater of the Russian Army)

Oleg Knorring/Sputnik
Oleg Knorring/Sputnik
Yekaterina Chesnokova/Sputnik
Yekaterina Chesnokova/Sputnik

Tchaikovsky Concert Hall

Anatoly Garanin/Sputnik
Anatoly Garanin/Sputnik
Vladimir Astapkovich/Sputnik
Vladimir Astapkovich/Sputnik

Tver overpass

Anatoly Garanin/Sputnik
Anatoly Garanin/Sputnik
Sergey Kiselev/Moskva Agency
Sergey Kiselev/Moskva Agency

Manezhnaya Square

Anatoly Garanin/Sputnik
Anatoly Garanin/Sputnik
Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik
Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik

Tverskoy Boulevard, monument to Pushkin

Sergey Strunnikov/МАММ/МДФ
Sergey Strunnikov/МАММ/МДФ
Ilya Pitalev/Sputnik
Ilya Pitalev/Sputnik

Belorusskaya Station

Mikhail Trakhman/Sputnik
Mikhail Trakhman/Sputnik
Kirill Kallinnikov/Sputnik
Kirill Kallinnikov/Sputnik

Red Square

Boris Kudoyarov/Sputnik
Boris Kudoyarov/Sputnik
Alexander Vilf/Sputnik
Alexander Vilf/Sputnik

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