After Russian army entered Europe in 1944-45 they have started putting their traffic controllers on the crossroads of the main European cities. Same thing was done by Nazi commanders a few years before - they have installed the German language road signs all over the Europe and conquered part of Russia, now this time the road signs were in Russian. Let's see how it was.
Across the network:
A few first photos are from Russia: Moscow and smaller cities and towns were also governed by Russian army controllers to control traffic.
Now this is Vienna in April 1945. The signs says "Vienna" in Russian. Just imagine.
"River Oder" in Europe.
Border with Austria. Sign in Russia marks this spot, says "Austria".
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