<P> The Siege of Leningrad , also known as the Leningrad Blockade ( Russian : Блокада Ленинграда , transliteration : Blokada Leningrada ) , was a prolonged military blockade undertaken from the south by the German Army Group North , Spanish Blue Division and the Finnish Army in the north , against Leningrad , historically and currently known as Saint Petersburg , in the Eastern Front theater of World War II . The siege started on 8 September 1941 , when the last road to the city was severed . Although the Soviets 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 is regarded as one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history . It was possibly the costliest in casualties suffered . </P>
<P> The Siege of Leningrad , also known as the Leningrad Blockade ( Russian : Блокада Ленинграда , transliteration : Blokada Leningrada ) , was a prolonged military blockade undertaken from the south by the German Army Group North , Spanish Blue Division and the Finnish Army in the north , against Leningrad , historically and currently known as Saint Petersburg , in the Eastern Front theater of World War II . The siege started on 8 September 1941 , when the last road to the city was severed . Although the Soviets 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 is regarded as one of the longest and most destructive sieges in history . It was possibly the costliest in casualties suffered . </P>
where did the siege of leningrad take place
where did the siege of leningrad take place
Leningrad , historically and currently known as Saint Petersburg , in the Eastern Front theater
Leningrad , historically and currently known as Saint Petersburg , in the Eastern Front theater