Russian Embassy exhibits WWII photos

The photos are the works of two Russian war correspondents, Georgiy Petrusov and NP Shestakov who captured so many poignant moments with their lenses during the 1939-1945 war, which is described by some as the 'most terrible war' in the history of mankind.

"Almost the whole of Europe fell under the yoke of fascism. Sixty-two states and 1,700 million people (80 percent of the world population at the time) were involved in it. Military operations took the territories of three continents and waters of four oceans," Russian Ambassador Anatoly Korsun said at the opening of the exhibition. He added that during the war, 62 million people were killed.