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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

The Eternal Flame in the Piskaryovo Memorial Cemetery where about 500,000 victims of the siege of Leningrad and soldiers of the Leningrad Front are buried. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

A memorial stone marking the burial date on a common grave in the Piskaryovo Memorial Cemetery where about 500,000 victims of the siege of Leningrad and soldiers of the Leningrad Front are buried. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

Posters at the Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

Visitor looks at exhibits of the Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

Exhibits of the Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

Exhibits of the Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

The portrait of Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov at the Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

Poster titled "You'll Get Nothing From Me" at the Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

The T-shirt and bicycle of USSR skiing and cycling champion Marina Minina at the Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

A poster at the Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

A portrait of Josef Stalin at the Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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Memorial Museum of Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St Petersburg

Exhibits (wartime produce of the Uritsky Tobacco Factory) in the State Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St Petersburg. Starting January 18 St Petersburg will mark 71 years since the end of the siege of Leningrad.

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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

The military uniform of a Marshal of the Soviet Union at the Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

A portrait of Josef Stalin inside a dugout at the Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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The Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg

Exhibits at the Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St. Petersburg. Starting with January 18, St. Petersburg will celebrate the 71st anniversary of lifting the siege of Leningrad.

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Memorial Museum of Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St Petersburg

Soviet militry uniform in the State Memorial Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St Petersburg. Starting January 18 St Petersburg will mark 71 years since the end of the siege of Leningrad.

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Memorial Museum of Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St Petersburg

A worker removes snow from a tank (T-38 floating tank) of the WWII times near the Open-Air Museum devoted to the breaching of the siege of Leningrad in the city of Kirovsk, Leningrad Region. Starting January 18 St Petersburg will mark 71 years since the end of the siege of Leningrad.

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Memorial Museum of Defense and Siege of Leningrad in St Petersburg

Eternal flames at the Piskaryovo Memorial Cemetery where about half a million victims of the siege of Leningrad and soldiers of tbe Leningrad Front are buried. Starting January 18 St Petersburg will mark 71 years since the end of the siege of Leningrad.

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