Leningrad

Agencies Published January 27, 2014
World War II re-enactors dressed as Soviet Red Army's (Top) and Nazi Germany's troops (Bottom) take part a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, on January 26. – Photo by AFP
World War II re-enactors dressed as Soviet Red Army's (Top) and Nazi Germany's troops (Bottom) take part a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, on January 26. – Photo by AFP
World War II re-enactors dressed as Soviet Red Army's (Top) and Nazi Germany's (Bottom) troops take part a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, on January 26. – Photo by AFP
World War II re-enactors dressed as Soviet Red Army's (Top) and Nazi Germany's (Bottom) troops take part a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, on January 26. – Photo by AFP
World War II re-enactors dressed as Soviet Red Army's (Right) and Nazi Germany's (Left) troops take part a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, on January 26. – Photo by AFP
World War II re-enactors dressed as Soviet Red Army's (Right) and Nazi Germany's (Left) troops take part a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, on January 26. – Photo by AFP
World War II re-enactors dressed as Soviet Red Army's (Top) and Nazi Germany's (Bottom) troops take part a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, on January 26. – Photo by AFP
World War II re-enactors dressed as Soviet Red Army's (Top) and Nazi Germany's (Bottom) troops take part a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, on January 26. – Photo by AFP
World War II re-enactors dressed as Soviet Red Army's and Nazi Germany's troops take part a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, on January 26. – Photo by AFP
World War II re-enactors dressed as Soviet Red Army's and Nazi Germany's troops take part a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, on January 26. – Photo by AFP
People walk to the Motherland monument to put flowers at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, January 26. – Photo by AP
People walk to the Motherland monument to put flowers at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, January 26. – Photo by AP
Tamara Krylova, 82, who stayed in besieged Leningrad puts a piece of bread at a bed of honor at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday, January 26. – Photo by AP
Tamara Krylova, 82, who stayed in besieged Leningrad puts a piece of bread at a bed of honor at the Piskaryovskoye Cemetery where most of the Leningrad Siege victims were buried during World War II, in St.Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday, January 26. – Photo by AP

World War II re-enactors participated in a staged battle to mark the 70th anniversary of the final raise of the Nazi blockade of the city of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, in the village of Porogki in Leningrad region, on January 26. The German and Finnish siege and blockade of Leningrad was broken on January 18, 1943 but finally lifted a year after, on January 27, 1944. The city's name was changed back from Leningrad to St. Petersburg after the 1991 Soviet collapse.

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