Member of an ice swimming club Boris Ratushny, center, who lived in besieged Leningrad, attends a winter swimming event dedicated to the 76th anniversary since the Leningrad siege was lifted during the World War Two, at the Moskovsky Park in St. Petersburg. 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: Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Event date: 26.01.2020
- Date published: 26.01.2020
- Author: Alexei Danichev
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 5056x3530px, 10.9Mb
- Job-ID: 74e673674b0532c