#siege of leningrad

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A Fw 190 which crashed near Leningrad in 1943, only discovered in 1989.

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In June of 1941, the Wehrmacht launched Operation Barbarossa, invading the "neutral" Soviet Union and defying the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, a non-aggression treaty between the two nations signed in 1939. The Nazis had caught the Soviets largely unprepared and covered a lot of ground in a short period of time. Leningrad, like any large Soviet city, was a prime target for the Nazis. It was also Dmitri Shostakovich's home town.

While thousands of citizens were being evacuated from the city, Shostakovich refused to leave, claiming that it would disrupt his work and hampered by a sense of moral obligation. By the end of August, however, it became increasingly clear that they couldn't stay in Leningrad, and the family made arrangements to evacuate in early September, but it was too late. The Nazis had captured the railway junction in Mga on August 30th and had effectively cut off the last rail route out of the city. Thus began the two-year-long siege on the city of Leningrad.

However the government knew how influential a man like Shostakovich could be on the morale of the nation, and quickly made arrangements to evacuate him and his family out of the city via airplane under the cover of night. Dodging anti-aircraft fire from enemy soldiers entrenched along the Neva River, the family landed safely at an aerodrome just outside of Moscow in the early morning of October 2nd, 1941.

The above picture shows Dmitri Shostakovich at the piano in his home in Leningrad, early 1941. Shostakovich would eventually make his way back to Leningrad, but never called the city "home" again. He spent the rest of his life primarily in Moscow.

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Des soldats allemands passent devant un char léger soviétique T-26 détruit près de Léningrad – Opération Barbarossa – Siège de Léningrad – 1941

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January 27 - 1944

End of the heroic Siege of Leningrad

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Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich

"Defenders of Leningrad"

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What are y’all’s favorite ww2 events mine is the Siege of Leningrad

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Remember the Siege of Leningrad: September 1941–January 1944.

The Siege of Leningrad, also known as “the 900-day siege,” since it nearly lasted that long (in actuality, it lasted 872 days), occurred when German and Finnish forces surrounded Leningrad and took over the city.

The Soviet government had its citizenry work on building fortifications throughout the city, although the area was almost entirely encircled by invading forces by November. The siege claimed more than 650,000 Soviet lives in a single year alone due to starvation, disease, and shelling.

[Check This Out: A Soviet ‘Flying Tank’ That Crashed in 1944 Is Now Being Restored in Arizona]

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Siege of Leningrad

8. 09. 1941 - 27. 01. 1944

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Fw 190 that crashed during the Siege of Leningrad in 1943, discovered by Soviet military personnel in 1989.

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Siege of Leningrad, Winter 1942 | SFM Walk of Eternity submission

May 5th - June 29th 2022

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""Gifts" for the Nazis," St. Catharines Standard. October 9, 1941. Page 3. --- SO big are these shells that special vehicles on tracks are needed to transport them from their bomb-proof underground storeroom to the big guns that will send them over the German lines. The men here are sailors of the Red fleet who are contributing greatly to the defence of the belaguered second city of the Soviet Union. This radiophoto was sent from Moscow.

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To the Children of Leningrad in the Year 2024

Kornei Chukovsky’s poem “To the Children of Leningrad” (1944), as published in the children’s magazine Murzilka in 1946. Source: dinasovkova (LiveJournal)   Kornei ChukovskyTo the Children of Leningrad The years will speed past you,Year after year after year,And you’ll become old women and men. Now you are towheaded,Now you are young,But then you shall be baldAnd grey. And even little…

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