Day siege of Leningrad was renamed - Russian Public Television

Now January 27 – Day of the complete liberation by Soviet troops of Leningrad blockade of his Nazi troops

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Vladimir Putin has renamed the “Day of the blockade of Leningrad” in the “Day of the complete liberation by Soviet troops of Leningrad blockade of his Nazi troops».

Act that the president signed today. According to the Kremlin administration, this was done in order to highlight the role of the Soviet troops, or name of the holiday is not important semantic load.

During the siege of Leningrad in 1941 – 1944 years. lost about one million people, or one in three of the city.

Siege of Leningrad

from 8 September 1941 to 27 January 1944 in the German city was blockaded. The Germans hoped to break the resistance of the defenders of Leningrad, but in the end Germany’s plan did not work.

Commemorative date – January 27 – was established in 1995 in memory of the removed in 1944, the siege of Leningrad. On the day of the liberation of the city as an exception was given a salute and fireworks, as in World War II salutes were made only in Moscow. In 1945, Leningrad was awarded the title of Hero City.