Today is a special day. Eighty-one years ago, on 27 January 1944, the most terrible blockade in the history of mankind - the siege of Leningrad (modern-day St. Petersburg) - ended. Its importance can ...

monument to mark the 81st anniversary of the World War II battle that lifted the Nazi siege of Leningrad, near Kirovsk, Leningrad region, 50 km (31,25 miles) south-east of St. Petersburg ...

The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the 900-Day Siege, was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, lasting for 872 days from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944, during ...

Little-known music pieces composed in Leningrad during the ... in spite of the most inhumane conditions,” Laptev said. “Many people know about the Siege of Leningrad only from textbooks ...

TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to attend the events in St Petersburg devoted to the 75th anniversary since the breakup of the Siege of Leningrad in 1943, the Kremlin press ...

while marking the 81st anniversary of the World War II battle that lifted the Nazi siege of Leningrad, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. Word in the background reads "Victory".