{"id":532,"date":"2011-08-01T11:21:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T10:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/?p=532"},"modified":"2011-08-01T11:21:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T10:21:52","slug":"russian-photo-archive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/2011\/08\/russian-photo-archive\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Photo Archive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a title=\"Commons:RIA Novosti\" href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Commons:RIA_Novosti\">Russian International News Agency<\/a> has donated 100 historical photographs of the Second World War from their archives to the free image site, <a title=\"commons.wikimedia.org\" href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\" target=\"_blank\">commons.wikimedia.org<\/a>. You can view the first batch of images at <a title=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Commons:RIA_Novosti\" href=\"http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Commons:RIA_Novosti\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Commons:RIA_Novosti<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a small selection of the highlights.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-532 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/2011\/08\/russian-photo-archive\/rian_archive_603595_soldiers_of_the_great_patriotic_war\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/RIAN_archive_603595_Soldiers_of_the_Great_Patriotic_War-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/2011\/08\/russian-photo-archive\/rian_archive_669659_soviet_troops_head_to_front_lines_after_1941_red_square_parade\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/RIAN_archive_669659_Soviet_troops_head_to_front_lines_after_1941_Red_Square_parade-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/2011\/08\/russian-photo-archive\/rian_archive_543_a_battalion_commander\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/RIAN_archive_543_A_battalion_commander-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/2011\/08\/russian-photo-archive\/rian_archive_1274_tanks_going_to_the_front\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/RIAN_archive_1274_Tanks_going_to_the_front-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/2011\/08\/russian-photo-archive\/rian_archive_137811_children_during_air_raid\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/RIAN_archive_137811_Children_during_air_raid-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/2011\/08\/russian-photo-archive\/rian_archive_225_il-2_attacking\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/RIAN_archive_225_IL-2_attacking-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/2011\/08\/russian-photo-archive\/rian_archive_244_starving_people\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wickham.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/RIAN_archive_244_Starving_people-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russian International News Agency has donated 100 historical photographs of the Second World War from their archives to the free image site, commons.wikimedia.org. 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