Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath laying commemoration ceremony for the 76th anniversary since the Leningrad siege was lifted during the World War Two at the Boundary Stone monument, around 50 kilometers east of St. Petersburg, Russia. The Russian city of St. Petersburg, then called Leningrad, marked the 76th anniversary of the end of the devastating World War Two siege by Nazi forces, lasted 872 days until the Soviet Army drove the Nazis away on January 27, 1944.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Politics
- Location: Leningrad region, Russia
- Event date: 18.01.2020
- Date published: 18.01.2020
- Author: Alexei Danichev
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4146x2982px, 3.5Mb
- Job-ID: 10ef1394532f8b1a