44 Lenin Avenue

A researcher's journey to Siberia

44 Lenin Avenue in a 1917 Photo!

Filed under: Russian Revolution — Wilson Bell at 9:01 pm on Friday, June 23, 2017  Tagged , ,

On June 17, Юрий Черданцев‎ (Iurii Cherdantsev), a former professor at Tomsk Polytechnic University, posted two photos to the public Facebook group, СТАРЫЙ ТОМСК: улочки, дома, судьбы томичей (OLD TOMSK: streets, buildings, lives of Tomsk residents). One was a photo from 17 June 1917, 100 years ago. It depicts a demonstration (one of many during that tumultuous year), organized by the Provisional Government. Our building (on what was then Post Office Street) is visible on the right-hand side of the photograph. The second photo shows roughly the same view in June 2017. I’ve copied and included them, here:



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