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Title: Leningrad
Description: Moscow, State Publishing House of Fine Arts, 1954. Cloth. A very scarce collection of beautiful photographs of Leningrad, or St. Petersburg, in the 1950s. A very scarce collection of photographs of Leningrad. Numerous illustrations and illustrated plates throughout.Originally called St. Petersburg, it was renamed in 1914 and again in 1924. In 1991 Leningrad was changed back to St. Petersburg. In 1941, the Siege of Leningrad began and would last three years. It was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history and overwhelmingly the most costly in terms of casualties.The city depicted in the photographs is of a calm, prosperous time in Russia's past, with numerous impressive building and wide streets. In a cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor marks to boards and bumping to corners and head and tail of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few odd handling marks. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: russia russian leningrad st petersburg russian 1950s siege of leningrad Not Stated


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