A selection of collages "About besieged Leningrad" (22 photos)

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January 27, 2009 marked 65 years since the complete lifting of the siege of Leningrad. On this day in 1944, Soviet troops liberated the city, which had been under siege for almost 900 days. During this time, 107 thousand aerial bombs were dropped on the city, and about 150 thousand shells were fired. According to official data alone, 641 thousand Leningraders died of starvation there, about 17 thousand people died from bombing and shelling, and about 34 thousand were wounded.

The selection includes 22 collages by St. Petersburg photographer Sergei Larenkov dedicated to the Leningrad victory.