Russian plane crash: Photos capture victims' last moments

10-month-old Darina Gromova was the crash's youngest victim. Photo / Instagram: Tatyana Gromova

Pictures have emerged putting faces to the names of those who were killed in the Russian airliner crash over Egypt's Sinai desert.

The Airbus A321 crashed on October 31, killing all 224 people on board.

AP reports images like this one of ten-month-old Darina Gromova have been posted on social networks, marking the last public record of the crash victims' lives.

The photo shows her leaning on an airport window watching the planes, and was posted by her mother before they departed on the doomed Russian airliner.

Darina was the accident's youngest victim, she and her parents were among those who died.

The heartbreaking picture emerges with more sombre details about the crash's victims.

According to AP, one couple had just celebrated their anniversary, while another man was planning to propose to his bride.

At least three others marked birthdays according to posts on social networks including Instagram and Russian network VKontakte.

Photos of some of the victims of #7K9268. Rest In Peace. #SinaiCrash pic.twitter.com/PIT0NludWJ

— Air Disasters (@AirCrashMayday) November 2, 2015

Another image widely circulating online is that of three-year-old Anastasia Sheina with her father, taken by her mother as the trio boards the plane that was meant to take them home.

Three-year-old Anastasia Sheina with her father as they board the plane that was meant to take them home. Photo / VKontakte: Olga Sheina

Loved ones have piled flowers, candles and mementos at St Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport, where the plane was scheduled to land.

Others are paying their respects at the city's Palace Square, hanging photos from a fence.

According to AP, visitors to the sites largely keep to themselves, too pained or pensive to speak of their lost loved ones.

People mourn the plane crash victims at Palace Square in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. Photo / AP

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