The population of Leningrad greets soldiers of the Red Army on the embankment of the Fontanka River near the Staro-Kalinkin Bridge.
After the end of World War II, several units of the former Leningrad Front of the Red Army were in the Baltic States. On the morning of July 8 (Sunday) 1945, soldiers solemnly returned to Leningrad: from the Narva Gate, the 45th Infantry Division, the Moscow Gate, the 63rd Infantry Division, and the 64th Infantry Division from the Volodarsky Bridge.
The population of Leningrad joyfully greeted the victorious warriors with bread and salt, gifts, flowers.
Source: V. Nikitin “Unknown blockade. Leningrad 1941-1944: Photo Album”.
Source of information about the photo: Afanasyev A. G. “We were met by Leningrad”.
Location: Leningrad, USSR
Photo Time: July 8, 1945
Photo by: Semyon Nordshtein, Vsevolod Tarasevich