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Theory. White most often fianchettoes the king's bishop with g3 and Bg2. Black also sometimes fianchettoes the king's bishop with ...g6 and ...Bg7 (the Leningrad Dutch ), but may instead develop the bishop to e7, d6 (after ...d5), or b4 (the latter is most often seen if White plays c4 before castling).
- Siege of Leningrad
The siege became one of the longest and most destructive...
- Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later...
- Siege of Leningrad
Apr 8, 2024 · Siege of Leningrad, prolonged siege (September 8, 1941–January 27, 1944) of the city of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) in the Soviet Union by German and Finnish armed forces during World War II. The siege actually lasted 872 days.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 8, 2016 · When German forces closed in around the Soviet city of Leningrad in September 1941, a siege began that would last nearly 900 days and claim the lives of 800,000 civilians. By: Evan Andrews ...
Oct 2, 2023 · On Jan. 27, 1944, one of the longest and most destructive sieges in the history of warfare ended in Leningrad, Russia. Over 1 million inhabitants of the city had died of starvation, hypothermia and cannibalism, as well as from enemy bombing and shelling.
Sep 8, 2021 · A symbol of Russia. Leningrad was a major target when Germany launched its invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.. Peter the Great founded the city as St Petersburg (the original name ...
