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Siege of Leningrad

Took place on September 8, 1941

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The 86th anniversary falls on September 8, 2027, in 319 days.

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.

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