EXCLUSIVE: Michael Hirst, creator of Vikings and The Tudors, is taking on one of the most epic and tragic events of World War II, the 872-day blockade of Leningrad. Your Complete Guide to Pilots and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Russian ...

The Nazi siege of Leningrad lasted nearly 2 and a half years until the Soviet Army drove the Nazi troops away on Jan. 27, 1944. Estimates of the death toll vary, but historians agree that more than ...

THE 900 DAYS: The Siege of Leningrad by Harrison E. Salisbury. 635 pages. Harper & Row. $10. On Aug. 30, 1941, a powerful Nazi army captured the obscure Russian town of Mga, a railhead east of the ...

This year marks the 78th anniversary of the lifting of the German Siege of Leningrad, which lasted 872 days from September 8, 1941, to January 27, 1944 ST. PETERSBURG, January 27. /TASS/. Russian ...

ST. PETERSBURG, RussiaST. PETERSBURG, Russia — The Russian city of St. Petersburg on Saturday marked the 80th anniversary of the end of a devastating World War II siege by Nazi forces with a series of ...