Leningrad’s 900-Day Blockade: Remembering the Bloodiest Chapter in Human History
State Memorial Museum of Defense and Siege of Leningrad, Saint Petersburg.
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State Memorial Museum of Defense and Siege of Leningrad, Saint Petersburg.
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A destroyed apartment house on Ligovsky Prospekt after the bombing of Leningrad.
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A destroyed apartment house on Ligovsky Prospekt after the bombing of Leningrad.
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The Siege of Leningrad. A battery of anti-aircraft guns at St. Isaac's Cathedral fires to repel a night raid by German aircraft.
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The Siege of Leningrad. A battery of anti-aircraft guns at St. Isaac's Cathedral fires to repel a night raid by German aircraft.
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Soldiers of Colonel Andrei Bondarev's 168th Rifle Division during the battle on the Leningrad Front. The photo is taken in the Nevsky Patch, 1941, during the Battle for Leningrad.
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Soldiers of Colonel Andrei Bondarev's 168th Rifle Division during the battle on the Leningrad Front. The photo is taken in the Nevsky Patch, 1941, during the Battle for Leningrad.
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Defense of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Blimps on the streets of the city, October 1941.
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Defense of Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). Blimps on the streets of the city, October 1941.
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A lesson on the doorstep of the school destroyed by German shelling during the Siege of Leningrad.
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A lesson on the doorstep of the school destroyed by German shelling during the Siege of Leningrad.
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Local anti-aircraft defense fighters stand guard on the roof of the Academy of Sciences building.
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Local anti-aircraft defense fighters stand guard on the roof of the Academy of Sciences building.
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Residents of the besieged Leningrad receive hot water in the basement of the house manager's office.
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Residents of the besieged Leningrad receive hot water in the basement of the house manager's office.
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A view of Nevsky Prospekt in Leningrad during the siege.
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A view of Nevsky Prospekt in Leningrad during the siege.
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Reproduction of the painting "Blockade Leningrad" by the artist Ilya Glazunov.
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Reproduction of the painting "Blockade Leningrad" by the artist Ilya Glazunov.
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The streets of Leningrad after a Nazi air raid. Residents of the besieged city move a tram car from the facade of the destroyed house.
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The streets of Leningrad after a Nazi air raid. Residents of the besieged city move a tram car from the facade of the destroyed house.
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People harvest cabbage in the vegetable garden near the Saint Isaac's Cathedral.
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People harvest cabbage in the vegetable garden near the Saint Isaac's Cathedral.
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Children who suffered from Nazi shelling and bombardment in a Leningrad hospital during the Siege of Leningrad (September 8, 1941 – January 27, 1944).
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Children who suffered from Nazi shelling and bombardment in a Leningrad hospital during the Siege of Leningrad (September 8, 1941 – January 27, 1944).
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Exercises of the women's fire brigade on the embankment of the Griboyedov Channel.
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Exercises of the women's fire brigade on the embankment of the Griboyedov Channel.
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A victim of artillery shelling during the Siege of Leningrad.
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A victim of artillery shelling during the Siege of Leningrad.
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The air bridge of besieged Leningrad. A Soviet I-16 fighter aircraft.
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The air bridge of besieged Leningrad. A Soviet I-16 fighter aircraft.
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Evacuation of children from besieged Leningrad.
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Evacuation of children from besieged Leningrad.
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Preparing firewood in besieged Leningrad, the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.
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Preparing firewood in besieged Leningrad, the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.
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Anna Yushkevich, a nurse at the Leningrad Naval Hospital, feeds a wounded Red Navy sailor from the "V.A. Ukhov" patrol ship.
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Anna Yushkevich, a nurse at the Leningrad Naval Hospital, feeds a wounded Red Navy sailor from the "V.A. Ukhov" patrol ship.
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Leningrad cheers. The siege is lifted. A sign on the wall reads: "Citizens! This part of the street is most dangerous during the artillery barrage."
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Leningrad cheers. The siege is lifted. A sign on the wall reads: "Citizens! This part of the street is most dangerous during the artillery barrage."
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The blockade ring of Leningrad was breached on January 18, 1943. The meeting of the armies of the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts after the breakthrough, the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.
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The blockade ring of Leningrad was breached on January 18, 1943. The meeting of the armies of the Leningrad and Volkhov Fronts after the breakthrough, the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945.
