Russian Machine Gunners April 16, 2015 “Russian machine gunners with a Degtyaryov light machine gun smile for the camera during the Siege of Leningrad, one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history and overwhelmingly the most costly in terms of casualties. Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia, Soviet Union. January 1943. Image captured by B. Vasyutinskiy.” Source: bag-of-dirt