Trucks on the ice road across the frozen Lake Ladoga. This route, called Road of Life provided the only access to the besieged city of Leningrad © Fotokhronika TASS/Rafail Mazelev, Vasiliy Fedoseev
TASS: Putin calls to spare no effort to avoid 1941-1945 war tragedy
Putin said that at a meeting with war veterans as Russia was marking 75 years since the breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad
KIROVSK (Leningrad Region), January 18. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday it was important to use any possibility to avoid repeating the tragedy of the Soviet Union’s 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany
"We must use every occasion to remind about this [the tragic events of the Great Patriotic War], so that we ourselves never forget about this, so that the entire world remembers this and so that nothing like this ever happens again in the destiny of our country and in the world as a whole," Putin said at a meeting with war veterans and representatives of youth public organizations as Russia was marking 75 years since the breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad.
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WNU Editor: Had no family relatives living in Leningrad during the war .... now .... on my mother's side most of my cousins live there. It is a beautiful city, with many good memories.
More News On The Siege Of Leningrad Being Lifted 75 Years Ago
Russia Marks 75 Years Since Breaking Nazi Siege of Leningrad -- AP
‘We were going deaf from the cannons’: Nazi Siege of Leningrad lifted 75 years ago -- RT
This Literal 'Road of Life' Helped Leningrad Withstand the 900 Day Nazi Siege -- Sputnik
Putin to check out 3D panorama devoted to Leningrad siege breakthrough -- TASS
900-day siege of Leningrad -- TASS
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Didn't Putin lose a lot of close relatives during that siege?
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