Portrait of a Soviet soldier standing on a heavily damaged street in Budapest
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A Soviet soldier amidst destruction in Budapest

Portrait of a Soviet soldier standing on a heavily damaged street in Budapest. Photograph taken by Soviet photographer Yevgeny Khaldei. The location is Apponyi Square. On either side of the street are the ruins of the Clotild Palaces. In the background is the Erzsebet (Elizabeth) bridge. Budapest, Hungary, 1945.


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  • Russian Union of Art Photographers

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