On November 22, 1941, the Road of Life, an ice road supply route built on top of Lake Ladoga's frozen surface that saved over a million lives in the besieged city of Leningrad during World War II ...

Relevant footage was shared online. Another location where fire footage emerged was the city of Gatchina in the Leningrad region. Local residents heard muffled explosions, after which a massive ...

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin participated in solemn commemorative events in St. Petersburg to mark the 81st anniversary ...