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 ...

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Russia must be forced to experience the siege of Leningrad once again. This was stated by the former chairman of the House of ...

For 872 days, the Nazis and their henchmen wreaked havoc near Leningrad, executing and torturing defenceless citizens, killing prisoners of war, destroying priceless monuments, looting museums and ...

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Vladimir Putin took part in commemorative events dedicated to the 81st anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege.

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For us, residents of Leningrad, January 27, 1944, marks a special date which is honoured in every ... signifying our enduring remembrance of the events of the Great Patriotic War, in honour of the ...