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Events commemorating 77th anniversary of lifting of siege of Leningrad

Vladimir Putin took part in events commemorating the 77th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad.

January 18, 2020
14:45
Leningrad Region, St Petersburg
Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the Landmark Stone monument at the Nevsky Pyatachok military historical complex.
Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the Landmark Stone monument at the Nevsky Pyatachok military historical complex.
Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the Landmark Stone monument at the Nevsky Pyatachok military historical complex.
During a visit to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
During his visit to the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery, Vladimir Putin honoured the memory of his brother, who died in 1942 during the siege of Leningrad.
The Motherland monument at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
During a visit to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
During a visit to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
During a visit to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Motherland monument at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery on the 77th anniversary of breaking Nazi siege of Leningrad.
Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Motherland monument at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery on the 77th anniversary of breaking Nazi siege of Leningrad.
Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Motherland monument at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery on the 77th anniversary of breaking Nazi siege of Leningrad.
Vladimir Putin laid a wreath at the Motherland monument at Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery on the 77th anniversary of breaking Nazi siege of Leningrad.
During a visit to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
During a visit to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
During a visit to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.
During a visit to Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery.

The President visited the Nevsky Pyatachok military historical complex, where he laid flowers at the Landmark Stone monument. Then he honoured the memory of Leningrad residents and soldiers defending the city who died during the siege, by laying a wreath by the Motherland monument at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery.

The siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops lasted 872 days from September 8, 1941, until January 27, 1944.

The Landmark Stone commemorates the soldiers who fought during the siege at Nevsky Pyatachok. Nevsky Pyatachok is the conventional designation of a bridgehead on the left bank of the Neva River, which soldiers of the Leningrad Front defended during the Battle of Leningrad. Fighting here was conducted with the aim of breaking the siege.

Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery is the largest cemetery of World War II victims. Buried in 186 mass graves are 420,000 city residents who died from starvation, bombing, and shelling, as well as 70,000 soldiers who defended Leningrad.

Operation Iskra to break the siege of Leningrad took place on January 12–18, 1943 on Nevsky Pyatachok and triumphantly ended in a meeting of the Volkhov and Leningrad fronts near the village of Maryino. The siege was broken completely one year later on January 27, 1944.

See also

Trip to Northwestern Federal District
January 18, 2020

Geography

  • Leningrad Region
  • Saint Petersburg

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  • Great Patriotic War
  • Regions

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Publication date: January 18, 2020, 14:45

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/62607

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