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Exhibition "Relics of siege of Leningrad" The Siege of Leningrad

Serguei Photo Larenkov

September 8 is the most tragic date in the calendar St. Petersburg. On September 8, 1941, when fascist troops cut the rail lines entering the city and occupied the surrounding territory, began the siege of Leningrad (as it was called our city during the Soviet era). This siege lasted 900 days and entered history as one of the longest and most cruel in the history of mankind.

Inauguration of the exhibition "Relics of the siege of Leningrad"

It's no coincidence that just now, on the eve of the sad anniversary, when the city pays tribute to defenders of Leningrad and inhabitants of the besieged city, has taken place Solemn Inauguration of the exhibition "Relics of the site."

Veterans and creators of the exhibition

In the halls of the old mansion Rumyantsev (now a branch of the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg) met the veterans, journalists , workers of museums and other inhabitants of the city. Here they played music and recited poetry on the site, teaching ñ aron photos, veterans recounted their experiences of war were presented to the public the objects of the new exhibition.

mountaineer M. Bobrov has been camouflaged as the buildings of the fortress of San Peter and Paul, St. Isaac's Cathedral and many other

For example, in this exhibition you can see the personal belongings of the mountaineers who climbed the domes and needles of the tallest buildings in St. Petersburg to camouflage for who did not serve as a guide for aviators bombarded enemy Diaren the city. Among them there were also women, the most famous was Olga Firsova, graduated from the Conservatory, a professional choir director, fond of mountaineering. His boots and tools are displayed in a special window. There are also toys, books, journals, written notes and other valuable evidence of life in the besieged city that were not previously exposed ever.

First visitors to the new exhibition

Here is also a very famous document, but for the first time is displayed in the original (before copies were provided). This is a small notebook that belonged to Tanya Savicheva school. In his six pages you can read only the brief notes with dates of death of relatives.

1. Genya died on December 28 at 12:00 am 1941
2. The grandmother died on 25 January at 3pm
March 1942. Leka died on March 17 at 5 am
April 1942. Uncle Vasya died on April 13 at 2 pm 1942
5. Uncle Lesha on May 10 at 4 pm
June 1942. Mom on 13 May at 1942 am 730
7. The Savicheva died
8. All died
9. Tania was only

The Diary of Tanya Savicheva

The Diary of Tanya Savicheva was introduced between the documentary evidence of the crimes of the fascists in the Nuremberg Trials.

Tolsltoy Alexey's book "Peter the Great" that saved his life or the parent of St. Petersburg journalist Kirill Nabutov. A sniper's bullet hit the book he was in the backpack.

Among those present at the opening of the exhibition "Relics of the site" had great success a movie made from the black and white photos taken during the siege and combined with color photos of the same places but done now. The author of these photos is Larenkov Sergei, a Russian sailor history buff of St. Petersburg and fotorgafía. His images are breathtaking. Here you can see

address Rumyantsev's Mansion: Angliyskaya Naberezhnaya (English malecon), 44. 571-75-44 Tel.

Rumyantsev's Mansion (Museum of the History of St. Petersburg)

be exposure to open until February 28, 2010 all d í as except Wednesday from 11.00 to 18.00.