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Moscow during World War II vs now (PHOTOS)

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
Vladimir Astapkovich/Sputnik

Bolshoi Theater

Naum Granovsky/Sputnik
Ramil Sitdikov/Sputnik

Krasnokholmskaya Embankment along the Moscow River

Sputnik
Legion Media

Avtomobilist Stadium

Ivan Shagin/Sputnik
V. Khomenko/Sputnik

Okhotny Ryad Square (Okhotny Ryad Street)

Anatoly Garanin/Sputnik
Vladimir Astapkovich/Sputnik

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

Oleg Knorring/Sputnik
Yekaterina Chesnokova/Sputnik

Tchaikovsky Concert Hall

Anatoly Garanin/Sputnik
Vladimir Astapkovich/Sputnik

Tver overpass

Anatoly Garanin/Sputnik
Sergey Kiselev/Moskva Agency

Manezhnaya Square

Anatoly Garanin/Sputnik
Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik

Tverskoy Boulevard, monument to Pushkin

Ilya Pitalev/Sputnik

Belorusskaya Station

Mikhail Trakhman/Sputnik
Kirill Kallinnikov/Sputnik

Red Square

Boris Kudoyarov/Sputnik
Alexander Vilf/Sputnik