On January 27, 1944, Soviet forces permanently break the #Leningrad siege line, ending the almost 900-day German-enforced containment of the city, which resulted in the loss of more than 1.5 million Russian lives.#Russia held a series of commemoration activities in St. Petersburg to mark the anniversary of breaking the siege of Leningrad, which saw Russian President Vladimir #Putin and President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko unveiling a memorial commemorating #Nazi genocide vic