Russia Commemorates the 68th Anniversary of the Lifting Siege of Leningrad
Jan 27, 2012
Today Russians mark the 68th anniversary of the lifting of the Nazi siege of Leningrad (currently St. Petersburg), Voice of Russia reports. According to various estimates, from 600,000 to one million people died of starvation, froze to death or were killed in artillery shelling during the siege. Because of the blockade, it was possible to take people or goods to or from Leningrad only by air or via Lake Ladoga.
President Dmitry Medvedev has offered congratulations to the Great Patriotic War veterans and the residents of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region on the anniversary of lifting the blockade. He pointed out the courage of the city defenders and residents, whose staunchness, inflexible will and faithfulness to their Motherland set an example for the rest of the world.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has laid a wreath at the Piskariov Memorial Cemetery, where the remains of 420,000 Leningrad residents who died during the siege are buried.
Russkiy Mir Foundation Information Service
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