The Hermitage during the Great Patriotic War

The Winter Palace
Wartime photograph

The New Hermitage
Wartime photograph

The Pavilion Hall of the Hermitage
Photograph by Boris Kudoyarov
1942–1943

The Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting
1944
Photograph

M.V. Dobroklonsky, Chief Custodian of the Hermitage, examining “Esmeralda”, the sculpture by A. Rossetti
1943
Photo; negative picture printout

Memorial tablet in the Hermitage saying “In memory of the State Hermitage Museum employees who died during the Great Patriotic War and the Siege of Leningrad. 1941 – 1945”