“Spark” of Life & Hope: How the Blockade of Leningrad was Broken
Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 23:15:42 18/01/2017 Investia.ru On January 18th, 1943, at around 14.00 over a belltower in Shlisselburg the red flag…
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Paris/Leningrad: Coffee & Croissants or Honor & Pride?
Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 02:00:58 19/01/2017 Michail Michailov Quite recently I tweeted one remarkable historical photo, in which the French gendarmes show…
Radicals in Dnepropetrovsk Disrupted a Concert Dedicated to the Lifting of the Blockade of Leningrad
Translated by Ollie Richardson 18:42:59 29/01/2018 ria.ru Radicals in Dnepropetrovsk disrupted an event dedicated to the 74th anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad from the fascist…
“The Living Wintered With the Dead”: Unique Diary Entires From the Siege of Leningrad
Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 00:45:0928/01/2019 5-tv.ru She died recently. The elderly woman Klara Petrovna Nikitina, who raised children, grandchildren, and even great-grandchildren. And…
Germany Started to “Reassess” the Leningrad Blockade
Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 00:20:0930/01/2019 topwar.ru The ultimate goal of the information war against Russia is the absolute dehumanisation of our people and…
Spanish Media Glorified A Division That Participated in the Blockade of Leningrad
Translated by Ollie Richardson & Angelina Siard 16:02:4318/02/2019 ria.ru ABC, one of the most popular newspapers in Spain, published an article about the “heroic” combat path…
Blockade Memorial Organisation: Those Who Think Leningrad Should’ve Surrendered “Are Not Right in the Head”
The head of the city organisation “Residents of Besieged Leningrad” Elena Tikhomirova believes that those who discuss the possibility of Leningrad surrendering during the Great Patriotic…
Leningrad, 31.12.1941: Driver’s Feat
Leningrad residents who survived the blockade have a special feeling of remembering even small everyday joys, but especially – New Year holidays, when in the most…