Extraordinary merge images of War and Peace
Storming the crumbling Reichstag, Soviet troops appear to attack the Berlin landmark as modern day tourists queue to enter the historic building. But these extraordinary images are the result of merging two pictures taken in the same location over 60 years apart. Amateur Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov, 42, collected old pictures of five European cities which suffered the heaviest fighting during World War Two. He spent 12 months painstakingly travelling to Paris, Leningrad (now St Petersburg), Berlin and Prague to re-create the 'today' shots before mixing the pictures together on a computer.
Merge: Red Army storms Reichstag, Berlin, in 1945, as tourists queue to enter the historic building
Defence: Soviet soldiers digging-in at Mozhaisk during the Battle of Moscow in 1941
Contrast: 1940 snap of Hitler in Paris is merged with a shot of exact location more than 70 years on
Juxtaposed: Soldiers marching in 1941 down a street in Leningrad - now St Petersburg in 2011
Generations: Tourists flock to the Reichstag in Berlin, where Russia's Marshal Zhukov stood in 1945
Destruction: 21st Century youngster stares at the destroyed Dubovy Fountain, Peterhof, in 1943
Phoenix from the flames: The Church of the Big Palace in Peterhof, Ste Petersburg, has returned to its former splender following its 1943 destruction
War and peace: The Palace Embankment in Leningrad was a scene of destruction in 1941 - but 71 years later, it glistens in sunshine as one of St Petersburg's most picturesque riverside settings
Echoes of history: St Petersburg's modern day residents follow in the footsteps of youngsters during the German's ruthless siege of Leningrad in 1941, which lasted 872 days
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