"Vneemaniye! govorit Moskva!" "Attention! Moscow is speaking!"

Here you can see street lights and, on the poll, loudspeakers. During Soviet times they were used for radio broadcasting all over the territory of the USSR.

My friend told me about Yuri Levitan, and his famous broadcast announcing the start of the Great Patriotic War.

In my next post I will include a youtube videos of Levitan announcements, which begin, "Vneemaniye! govorit Moskva!" ("Attention! Moscow is spaking!")