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)

Bolshoi Theater

Krasnokholmskaya Embankment along the Moscow River

Avtomobilist Stadium

Okhotny Ryad Square (Okhotny Ryad Street)

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

Tchaikovsky Concert Hall

Tver overpass

Manezhnaya Square

Tverskoy Boulevard, monument to Pushkin

Belorusskaya Station

Red Square

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