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19170704 Riot on Nevsky prosp Petrograd.jpg

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English: Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), July 4, 1917 2PM. Street demonstration on Nevsky Prospekt just after troops of the Provisional Government have opened fire with machine guns.
Español: Disturbios durante el fracasado alzamiento bolchevique, Petrogrado, julio de 1917.
Français : Petrograd,4 juillet 1917. Manifestation sur Perspective Nevski immédiatement après soldats du Gouvernement provisoire ont mis le feu de mitrailleuse.
Русский: Расстрел юнкерами и казаками мирной рабочей демонстрации на Невском проспекте, Петроград 4 июля 1917.
Italiano: Pietrogrado (San Pietroburgo), 17 luglio 1917 (4 luglio nel calendario giuliano). Manifestazione all'incrocio di Prospettiva Nevsky / Via Sadovaya duramente repressa da cosacchi e truppe del Governo provvisorio russo.
Date 17 July 1917 (4 July 1917 in Julian calendar)
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Viktor Bulla (1883–1938)  wikidata:Q2570003
 
Viktor Bulla
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Description Russian-Soviet photographer and film maker
Date of birth/death 1 August 1883 Edit this at Wikidata 30 October 1938 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Saint Petersburg Edit this at Wikidata Saint Petersburg Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1905-1938
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Camera location59° 56′ 03.84″ N, 30° 20′ 04.56″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Shooting by cadets and Cossacks of a peaceful working demonstration on Nevsky Prospekt, Petrograd on July 4, 1917

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