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![The 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol2%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F256%2F17%2F2561796_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGVpIERhbmljaGV2ICMyNTYxNzk2_116%3A95_sputnik-2561796-preview_f93ccdd48d985d5a7ac27fb0f819b76e.jpg)
St.Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko (left) attending the ceremony of laying wreaths at the Piskarevo cemetery to commemorate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.
- Categories: Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Event date: 27.01.2015
- Date published: 27.01.2015
- Author: Alexei Danichev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2364x1699px, 2.8Mb