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The siege of Leningrad was a military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front of World War II from 1941 to 1944. Leningrad, the country's second largest city, was besieged by Germany and Finland for 872 days, but never
Map of Leningrad oblast within Russia. Note that part of said oblast consists of land stolen from Finland in World War II; while Crimea is here depicted as being part of Russia, even though it is recognized as being de jure part of Ukraine.
Map of Leningrad Oblast Commemorative coin of the Bank of Russia with a face value of 10 rubles (2005). Leningrad Oblast (Russian: Ленинградская область, romanized: Leningradskaya oblast’, IPA: [lʲɪnʲɪnˈgratskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ]; Veps: Leningradan agj; Finnish: Leningradin alue) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast).
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Saint Petersburg, [c] formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, [d] is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city had a population of 5,601,911 residents as of 2021, [4] with more than 6.4 million people living in the metropolitan area.
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The Leningrad Front was immediately given the task of containing the German drive towards Leningrad and defending the city from the approaching Army Group North.By September 1941, German forces to the south were effectively stopped on the outskirts of Leningrad, initiating the two-and-a-half-year-long siege of Leningrad.
5.1 Location map templates. 5.2 Creating new map definitions. Toggle the table of contents. Module: Location map/data/Russia Leningrad Oblast. 7 languages. Afrikaans;