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The siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military siege (alternatively a genocide aimed blockade depending on the definition) undertaken by the Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) on the Eastern Front of World War II.
- Effect of Siege on Leningrad
The 872-day siege of Leningrad, Russia, resulted from the...
- Carl Gustav Mannerheim
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (Swedish pronunciation:...
- Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive
Soviet gains, mid-1943 to end of 1944. The...
- Wilhelm Ritter Von Leeb
Wilhelm Josef Franz Ritter von Leeb (5 September 1876 – 29...
- Tanya Savicheva
Tatyana Nikolayevna Savicheva (Russian: Татья́на Никола́евна...
- Markian Popov
Early life. Markian Popov was born in 1902 in...
- Ivan Fedyuninsky
For his heroism during the battle, he received the Hero of...
- Hotel Astoria
The Hotel Astoria (Russian: гости́ница «Асто́рия») is a...
- Soviet destroyer Leningrad
Leningrad (Russian: Ленингра́д) was the lead ship of her...
- Effect of Siege on Leningrad
Although the Soviet Union forces managed to open a narrow path to the city on 18 January 1943, the siege was only stopped on 27 January 1944, 872 days after it began. It is thought of as one of the most destructive sieges ever to happen. It was possibly the heaviest in terms of casualties, killing over 1 million innocent people.
- 8 September 1941
- Axis forces are repelled 60–100 km (37–62 mi) away from Leningrad.
- Siege lifted (Soviet victory)
- Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
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
In 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, and shortly thereafter the territory became the site of the Battle of Leningrad. The Wehrmacht captured the southwestern part of the oblast and reached Tikhvin in the east, while Finnish troops quickly recaptured the ceded territories in the Continuation War , encircling ...
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....
Leningrad Affair, (1948–50), in the history of the Soviet Union, a sudden and sweeping purge of Communist Party and government officials in Leningrad and the surrounding region.
