Evidence of the breakthrough of the blockade of Leningrad - in the electronic collection of the media of the Presidential Library

18 January 2018

January 12, 1943, Soviet troops launched an offensive operation to break through the blockade of Leningrad. It was code-named "Iskra" and was trained by the command for almost a month. The picture of the 900-day siege of the city and its breakthrough can be seen with the help of the electronic collections of the Presidential Library "The Defence and the Blockade of Leningrad" and "Patriotic Periodicals in the Fund of the Presidential Library".