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Dmitry Medvedev attended a performance to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi blockade

January 27, 2009
16:00
St Petersburg
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The President congratulated the citizens of the city on the 65th anniversary of the lifting of the siege, which lasted about 900 days, from 8 September 1941 to 27 January 1944. He said that the blockade of Leningrad was a drama that involved millions of people and one of the most terrible and cynical crimes of the twentieth century.

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Speech at the Performance Commemorating the 65<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the Liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi Blockade
January 27, 2009
Visit to Saint Petersburg. 65th Anniversary of the Liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi Blockade
January 26 − 27, 2009

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Publication date: January 27, 2009, 16:00

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/44707

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