Views of Leningrad

August 1982. USSR. Leningrad. View of Palace Square, the Alexander Column (in the center), built in 1834 according to the design of the architect Auguste Montferrand, and the Winter Palace (in the background), built in the mid-18th century according to the design of the architect Varfolomey Varfolomeevich Rastrelli, from the arch of the General Staff Building in the evening light. The exact date of the photo is unknown. Yuri Belinsky/TASS