Today is a special day. Eighty-one years ago, on January 27, 1944, the most terrible blockade in the history of mankind – the siege of Leningrad (modern-day St Petersburg) – ended. Its ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Russia's St. Petersburg commemorated the 81st anniversary of the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad on Monday with a series of solemn events, including flower-laying ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin marked the 81st anniversary of the breaking the siege of Leningrad (present-day St Petersburg) on Monday, handing out commemorative medals to veterans of the war. The ...

The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the 900-Day Siege, was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, lasting for 872 days from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944, during ...

Vladimir Putin took part in commemorative events dedicated to the 81 st anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege. The President visited the Nevsky Pyatachok ...

have trundled past the Hermitage Museum to mark the end of the siege of Leningrad, sparking controversy with some survivors criticising “militarism”. President Vladimir Putin, a native of ...

The city, then called Leningrad, endured a 872-day blockade by Nazi German forces during World War II. The siege, which lasted from Sept. 8, 1941, to Jan. 27, 1944, resulted in the deaths of over ...