<P> The Siege of Leningrad ( also known as the Leningrad Blockade ( Russian : Блокада Ленинграда , transliteration : Blokada Leningrada ) and the 900 - Day Siege ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken from the south by the Army Group North of Nazi Germany and the Finnish Army in the north , against Leningrad , historically and currently known as Saint Petersburg , in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II . The siege started on 8 September 1941 , when the last road to the city was severed . Although the Soviet forces managed to open a narrow land corridor to the city on 18 January 1943 , the siege was not lifted until 27 January 1944 , 872 days after it began . It was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history , and possibly the costliest in casualties suffered . </P>
<P> The Siege of Leningrad ( also known as the Leningrad Blockade ( Russian : Блокада Ленинграда , transliteration : Blokada Leningrada ) and the 900 - Day Siege ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken from the south by the Army Group North of Nazi Germany and the Finnish Army in the north , against Leningrad , historically and currently known as Saint Petersburg , in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II . The siege started on 8 September 1941 , when the last road to the city was severed . Although the Soviet forces managed to open a narrow land corridor to the city on 18 January 1943 , the siege was not lifted until 27 January 1944 , 872 days after it began . It was one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history , and possibly the costliest in casualties suffered . </P>
where did the battle of leningrad take place
where did the battle of leningrad take place
Leningrad , historically and currently known as Saint Petersburg , in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II
Leningrad , historically and currently known as Saint Petersburg , in the Eastern Front theatre of World War II