Vladimir Putin will visit the Northwestern Federal District in January 27 2014-01-26 15:00:00 On January 27, Vladimir Putin will visit the Northwestern Federal District, where he will take part in ceremonies to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the full liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi blockade. The siege of Leningrad lasted for 872 days. The President will lay flowers and wreaths at the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery and the Nevsky Pyatachok Memorial Complex, and will visit an exhibition displaying the first ever 3D panorama a Great Patriotic War battle, Proryv [The Breakthrough], created by a youth search detachment using money from a presidential grant. Mr Putin will also meet with people who took part in the battle for Leningrad and those who lived through the blockade. In the evening, the President will attend a performance of the Requiem ballet, dedicated to the city’s liberation.