Meals and overnights in Saint Petersburg. Some historians, from both the former Soviet Union and the West, classify it as genocide. The blockade became one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history, and possibly the costliest in casualties suffered. Although Soviet forces managed to open a narrow land corridor to the city on 18 January 1943, the Red Army did not lift the siege until 27 January 1944. The siege began on 8 September 1941, when the Wehrmacht severed the last road to the city. Siege of Leningrad: the Блокада Ленинграда ( Blokada Leningrada) was a 872-day military siege of the city undertaken from the south by Nazi Germany and from the north by the Axis-allied Finnish Army. Petersburg aka Leningrad (we prefer the latter), mostly focussing on the wartime history of the city, as well as on its rich Soviet-era architectonic and monumental legacy. We’ll spend the following days touring St. Meet-and-greet at Saint Petersburg International Airport and introductory briefing about the region, the route and the set of rules to observe while travelling in post Soviet Russia. DAY 1 to DAY 3 - Saint Petersburg (Leningrad)
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