Leningrad Photo Album (Fotoalbom Leningrad). Photography by M. Velichko, L. Sievert, L. Korovin, R. Mazelev, G. Savin, B. Utkin, and O. Trakhtenberg, 1957. In Russian.

Фотоальбом Ленинград.
Редактор Ю. Бойтман. Художник Ю. Киселев. Фото М. Величко, Л. Зиверта, Л. Коровина, Р. Мазелева, Г. Савина, Б. Уткина, О. Трахтенберга.
Москва: Изогиз, 1957.
105 с. : ил. Твердый издательский переплет. Горизонтальный формат. Тираж 20 000 экз.
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Leningrad Photo Album.
Editor Yu. Boytman. Artist Yu. Kiselev. Photos by M. Velichko, L. Sievert, L. Korovin, R. Mazelev, G. Savin, B. Utkin, and O. Trakhtenberg.
Moscow: Izogiz, 1957.
105 pp.: ill.; Publisher’s hardcover. Horizontal format. Edition of 20,000 copies.

This quintessential mid-century photo album serves as a striking visual record of Leningrad during the "Thaw" era, capturing the city’s post-war restoration and its timeless architectural grandeur. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of Soviet urban representation, including the arrangement of panoramic views and intimate street scenes captured by a collective of legendary Soviet photographers such as Mikhail Velichko and Roman Mazelev. Published in 1957, the year of the city's 250th anniversary celebration (delayed from 1953), this volume highlights the pristine Nevsky Prospekt, the majestic embankments of the Neva, and the freshly manicured parks of the suburban palaces. These photographs serve as a vital primary source for studying the aesthetics of the late 1950s, documenting a period of optimism and neoclassical elegance before the rise of functionalist mass housing.