The People’s Artiste of Russia SVETLANA KRUTCHKOVA with her literary and musical composition dedicated to the courage and heroism of Leningraders in the days of the nazi blockade in 1944 Poetic Recital in Russian on our website On January 27, 1944 as the result of Leningrad-Novgorod strategy offensive operation were defeated the Nazi armies near Leningrad and the 900 days blockade of the city was completely reversed. The blockade of Leningrad lasted from September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944. During this period 107 000 aerial bombs were dropped at the northern capital and about 150 000 shells [...]