http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/leningrad Questions tagged with 'leningrad' at Ask MetaFilter. Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:17:28 -0800 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:17:28 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/65879/Who%2Dwere%2Dthese%2Dmasked%2Dkids Can you provide context for <a href="http://f.hatena.ne.jp/images/fotolife/V/VIDEO/20070127/20070127201859.jpg">a gas masked army of children</a>? I'd like to know the who, where and when of this photo, a piece of internet flotsam that washed up via <a href="http://ffffound.com/image/7dc8307ad255b6adf8fdb5467c32d83d4ea3f9e4?c=8417">fffound</a><small>₁</small>. It's both creepy and intriguing. I've cursorily tried to identify the uniforms, and gas masks - probably Soviet WWII, but I'm quite open to being wrong. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/avi_abrams/423727743/">A flickr copy of it</a> suggests that it was originally posted to <a href="http://community.livejournal.com/vintagephoto/">vintagephoto</a>. <br> <small>1. possibly nsfw.</small> tag:ask.metafilter.com,2007:site.65879 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 01:17:28 -0800 children gasmask gasmasks history leningrad photos resolved russia russian schoolchildren soviet zamboni