In the bleak Leningrad of late 1945, the war is well and truly over, and Stalin’s next round of purges are yet in the distance. But this quiet interregnum brings little peace to the people who ...

Russian President Vladimir ... Cemetery is the largest common burial site of World War II, where about half a million residents and defenders of Leningrad were buried during the siege.

Germany has so far failed do the same with regard to the siege of Leningrad and other crimes against the peoples of the Soviet Union committed during World War II. Russia insists that Germany ...

PETERSBURG, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Russia's St. Petersburg ... The city, then called Leningrad, endured a 872-day blockade by Nazi German forces during World War II. The siege, which lasted from ...

The Russian Defense Ministry announced Tuesday that a Mi-28 helicopter crashed in the Leningrad region, killing the crew. "On March 18, 2025, during a planned training flight, a Mi-28 helicopter ...

A Mi-28 attack helicopter (NATO reporting name Havoc) has crashed in Russia's Leningrad Oblast, leaving the crew dead. Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti, citing Russia's Defence ...

A Mi-28 helicopter crashed Tuesday during a planned training flight over Russia's Leningrad region, killing the crew onboard, local media reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry. The ...