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The day of the complete lifitng of the Leningrad siege is celebrated on Friday, January 27, the Parliamentary newspaper writes. In St. Petersburg, a series of events is timed to coincide with this date. They will be attended by the Governor of the city Alexander Beglov, the head of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, representatives of public organizations.
Leningrad was liberated 79 years ago during Operation January Thunder. The city survived almost 900 days of siege.
The celebrations will begin with the laying of wreaths and flowers at the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery. The mourning ceremonies will take place in other memorable places.
Governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov recalled that a few days ago the anniversary of breaking the siege of the city was widely celebrated. But even after that day, the enemy did not leave Leningrad.
Concerts, public actions will be held in the city and the region in honor of the day of military glory, exhibitions will open in museums. Facades will be decorated with light projections. Traditionally, torches will be lit on the Rostral Columns.
This year, on the Day of the Siege Lifting, a solemn ceremony of opening a monument will be held, which commemorates the feat of doctors who worked in Leningrad during the siege. It will installed next to the building of the Museum of Defense and Siege of Leningrad. The names of the dead doctors will be read out at the Research Institute of Emergency Medicine.
Veterans of the Great Patriotic War and siege survivors will be invited to the concert. The Siege of Leningrad Forum is scheduled to take place in the Russia is My History historical park. Leading historians of the country will take part in it.
In the fall of 2022, the actions of the Nazis and their henchmen during the Leningrad Siege were recognized as genocide of the Soviet people and a war crime. The city prosecutor's office noted that the number of victims of the siege was much higher than previously thought. Their number exceeds one million people, although earlier historians called other figures - about 650,000 people.
The damage caused to the city and its inhabitants was estimated by the prosecutor's office at more than 35 trillion rubles at the current exchange rate.
To destroy people, the Nazis chose food isolation, massive shelling and bombing. The Investigative Committee noted that there was no military need for the siege of Leningrad. This plan to starve people to death was part of the overall concept of "war of extermination." Leningrad was shelled every day. As a result, at least 3,000 buildings were destroyed, another 7,000 were damaged.
Russkiy Mir
