Russian President Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the Border Stone monument on the Nevsky Patch. According to the Telegram channel, the head of state visited a memorial site marking the 80th anniversary of the complete lifting of the siege of Leningrad “Kremlin. News”.
Nevsky Piglet is a symbol of a bridgehead located on the left bank of the Neva River. It became a symbol of the perseverance and courage of the Soviet soldiers who defended the city against the German invaders and participated in Operation Iskra in January 1943.
In the video of Nevsky Piglet, which was also published on the Telegram channel, the Russian leader can be seen taking a bouquet of red roses from a guard of honor soldier and heading towards the monument. After this, Putin kneels down to place flowers and stands silently next to the “Line Stone” for several minutes.
Finally, the head of state crossed himself and returned to his car. All this time, the trumpet player of the guard of honor played the melody of the song “Silence” written by Lev Gurov.
On January 27, 1944, Soviet soldiers completely lifted the blockade of Leningrad. It took 872 days in total.
Vyacheslav Volodin, formerly Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation appealed To the Russians on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the lifting of the blockade.