![]() The city was blockaded from the rest of territory of the Soviet Union on the 4th September 1941. This road had been functioning for 3 years of the blockade. The only way to supply the Leningrad and evacuate people was this road: 47 kilometres from Leningrad to the Ladoga Lake and by water in summer, or by ice in winter to the opposite side (there were two ways 30 and 135 kilometres). During the WWII Leningrad (St.Petersburg) was blockaded from the rest of the country by the German and Finnish armies. ![]() This is the memorial for “the Road of Life”. It was the only village from many others, which was destroyed by German army in autumn 1943 for supporting and helping of partisans (national liberation movement). All 63 citizens were killed and 13 houses were burnt. ![]() ![]() On the 5th October 1943 it was completely destroyed by the German army. Here is the village Bolshoye Zarechie near Sant-Petersburg. Russia 3 panoramas by natalia kovarskay, alexey grif Bolshoye Zarechie
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