"In order to honor the victims of the Siege of Leningrad ... as a result of which Leningrad was left without considerable food supplies. Gradually, fuel and water reserves were used up in the ...

For more than two years during the Nazi siege of Leningrad ... And none too soon: Leningrad immediately began to run out of food as the Luftwaffe bombed its food warehouses, part of Hitler ...

The siege of Leningrad—872 days of relentless bombardment ... Supplies were severed, food rations dwindled to crumbs, and death crept through the streets in silence. Each day brought new ...

More than 350,000 people remain trapped, but there is no way to deliver food and water to them ... a speech to the historic tragedy of the Siege of Leningrad. During World War II, the Russian ...

This year marks the 78th anniversary of the lifting of the German Siege of Leningrad, which lasted 872 days from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944 ST. PETERSBURG, January 27. /TASS/.

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 ...