I was very surprised by this - it says Vote Communist because the beautiful people are on our side. Is this really the party of Kollontai? In the same district the male candidate's poster said "Young, Modern, Honest".
It is just "eerie" that so few people are present. The city looks almost abandoned. Your PP'g does a wonderful job of enhancing that feeling, at least for me. Nice work, Ian.
Div HQ of the 138 Red Banner Rifle Division which held Ludnikov's Island. This was not an island but was a small pocket of Soviet troops cut off from the rest of their army and with the Volga at their backs. There was no escape so they held in the face of the Germans.