Събитията от и след 9 септември 1944 г. са колкото противоречиви, толкова и занимателни. В архива на Corbis попаднах на безкрайно интересни снимки от тези дни. На тях могат да бъдат видени както триумфиращите партизани, така и разрушенията в София, нанесени от бомбардировките. Има снимки и на съветските войски. Запазваме оригиналните коментари. (Някои от тях са подвеждащи, тъй като видимо не става дума за София, а за други български градове.)
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Soviets Liberate Sofia
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Soviet Liberation of Sofia
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Soviets Liberate Sofia, 1944
A Soviet motorbike and sidecar rides into Sofia.
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Liberation of Sofia, 1944
City dwellers celebrate with their liberators.
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Soviets Liberate Sofia, 1944
Military officers during liberation of Sofia.
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Soviets in Sofia, September 1944
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Sofia Welcomes Soviet Liberators, 1944
Crowds welcome the Russian troops into Sofia.
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Liberation of Sofia, 1944
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Soviet Troops Enter Sofia, 1944
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Soviet Troops Enter Sofia, 1944
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Soviets in Sofia, September 1944
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Liberation of Sofia, 1944
Sofia celebrates its liberation from Nazi control.
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Bulgarian Soldiers
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Soviet Liberation of Sofia
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Soviet Liberation of Sofia
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Soviets Liberate Bulgaria
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: Sept 1944
Location Information: near Sofia, Bulgaria
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Soviet Liberation of Sofia
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Soviet Liberation of Sofia
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Soviets Liberate Sofia
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Man in Sofia, September 1944
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Sofia Welcomes Soviet Liberators, 1944
Residents of Sofia wave banners and hold flowers in a warm welcome for Soviet troops as they march into the city to liberate it from the Germans.
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Commander of Bulgarian Guerillas Dobre Zhurov
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Liberation of Sofia, 1944
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria
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Liberation of Sofia, 1944
Image: © Yevgeny Khaldei/CORBIS
Photographer: Yevgeny Khaldei
Date Photographed: September 1944
Location Information: Sofia, Bulgaria