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The Siege of Leningrad Tour in St Petersburg
Duration
4 hours
Overview
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This tour will tell you about the most dramatic time in the history of our city when Leningrad was besieged by the German and Finnish armies during the WWII. The Siege lasted for 872 days. It became the longest and the most destructive sieges in history and the second humanitarian disaster after holocaust. We will drive around the city center and explore the most remarcable places such as Tanya Savicheva’s house (Russian Anna Frank), Aurora cruiser and many others.
In the Rumyantsev mansion we will see the famous 125 grammes (4,4 ounces) of bread, it was the daily norm of food for 75% of the population of the city, Tanya Savicheva’s dairy with her notes about deaths of all her relatives, reconsruction of a typical appartment and a bomb shelter etc.
You will visit one of 2 museums of the Siege - State Memorial Museum or Rumyantsev Mansion
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