+"Saint Petersburg Soviet Russia" +1917 stock footage and images

Russian civilians collect wood and clean roads at Christmas in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), Soviet Russia.

Christmas preparation in Petrograd (Saint Petersburg), very soon after the Russian Revolution (or "October Revolution") brought Lenin, the Bolsheviks, and Soviets regime in control in Russia. People move goods on the snow covered streets using sleds. Facing shortages of fuel, people collect and carry wood to burn from a dock. Citizens stacking and carrying timbers for fuel. With men involved in revolution and in World War I, women workers clean roads of city, working together in a group with brooms.