The Siege of Leningrad was one of the longest sieges in history. The German forces were to hold the city under siege therefore starving the soviet defenders to death. However, they did not expect such ...

Soviet fictional epic film about the Great Patriotic War, consisting of four chapters and filmed in 1973-1977 based on the novel by Aleksandr Chakovskiy.

Today is a special day. Eighty-one years ago, on 27 January 1944, the most terrible blockade in the history of mankind - the siege of Leningrad (modern-day St. Petersburg) - ended. Its importance can ...

I recently met Russian Holocaust survivor Rita Davidova at a pre-High Holiday dinner in Aventura organized by Moran Alfasi, Founder and Executive Director of Holocaust Heroes Worldwide. Rita’s ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Russian city of St. Petersburg on Saturday marked the 80th anniversary of the end of a devastating World War II siege by Nazi forces with a series of memorial events ...