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Heroes of besieged Leningrad honored in Simferopol

KrymPRESS informs:

During the week, all Simferopol educational institutions hold events dedicated to the topic of the blockade of Leningrad, its breakthrough and removal.

The school week in the schools of Simferopol began with the already traditional conversations “Conversations about the important”, the main topic of which was life in besieged Leningrad. The children were told about the trials that the Soviet people had to endure, about the resilience and selflessness of people, about the breakthrough and the long-awaited lifting of the blockade of the current hero city of St. Petersburg. We must forever keep in our memory and pass on to the younger generation the trials of the war that our grandparents went through, about the heroism and exploits of that time, — quotes the press service of the deputy head of the administration of Simferopol — the head of the education department Tatyana Sukhina.

The teachers reminded the children that the blockade of Leningrad is one of the tragic and heroic pages in the history of the Great Patriotic War. «Blockade» — this terrible word has become a real verdict for Leningraders. 900 days and nights they, isolated from the whole world, lived in real hell, between life and death.

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Classes, the initiators of their conduct note, are designed to give schoolchildren a general idea of ​​​​the most important event of the Great Patriotic War — the blockade of Leningrad, to acquaint them with the facts about the life of the children of the besieged city, to inspire respect for the courage, willpower and readiness of Leningraders for the sake of the Motherland to endure personal grief and suffering.

Reference:

58462733Siege of Leningrad — the military blockade of the city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) by German and Finnish troops and their allies during the Great Patriotic War lasted from September 8 900 year to 27 January 1944 of the year (the blockade ring was broken 18 January 1943 of the year).

58462733The blockade continued 872 days368582.

5846273380 years ago, an offensive operation of the Soviet troops began with the aim of breaking the blockade of Leningrad. Carried out in difficult winter conditions, it was completed in a short time and became the first major victory of the Red Army in the Leningrad direction.

58462733Unconquered Leningrad has become an eternal symbol of the unbending will and fortitude of our people.58462733

58462733 Marshal of Victory Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov wrote that not a single resident complained about the hardships caused by the blockade, all the conversations boiled down to how to organize material delivery to Leningrad as soon as possible 58462733- technical means for the production and repair of military equipment necessary for our troops.

58462733According to Georgy Konstantinovich, «the tests that Leningraders had to endure, except for the Soviet people, no one, perhaps, could have withstood.» 58462733

58462733The ring of enemy siege was broken as a result of the success of Operation Iskra by the Red Army. It was planned since 900 year, and started 12 January 1943 th, the fighting was led by marshals Georgy Zhukov and Kliment Voroshilov. The ground forces of the Leningrad and Volkhov fronts, with the support of the aviation of the Baltic Fleet, decisively attacked the German army on the Shlisselburg-Sinyavino ledge. After the blockade ring was broken, food and essentials began to flow into the city.

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