The Siege of Leningrad

The Siege of Leningrad

Visit the places which had witnessed the harassing siege of Leningrad during World War II. It was one of 3 humanitarian catastrophies in the Mankind Warfare history (destruction of Jews and Armenians are among them) with still unknown number of victims. We are going to visit some of the memorial sites (Flower of Life, piece of authentic road, the Baltic Wings, the Broken Ring on the shore of Ladoga Lake etc.) located along the Road of Life - the only city supporting route to starving Leningrad through the Ladoga Lake connected the besieged city with the rest of Soviet Union, the Road of Life Museum with the considerable collection of weapon, relics and Diorama reviving the events of the final breakthrough operation of 1943. Also we would be attending the infernal place, Nevsky Bridgehead, where the duration of a warrier's life didn't exceed 1 day only.

During the tour there will be the possibility of getting lunch in the provincial town Kirovsk.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Road of Life Museum, A128, Kokkorevo 188672 Russia

The museum is located on the shore of Ladoga Lake where one can feel the atmosphere of the Road of Life - the only supplying route while the Siege of Leningrad having been surrounded by the authentic armory, a plane, lorries, buses, belongings mostly taken from the Lake bottom.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Break of the Siege of Leningrad Museum Diopama, Pionerskaya, 1, Kirovsk 187340 Russia

The events of the breaking through operation Spark are reflected on the canvas of 40x8 meters to display true-to-life battles

Duration: 40 minutes