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A September 1941 photograph of Red Army soldiers in the defensive trenches built during the Siege of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) during Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the USSR launched by the leader of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) in the Second World War (1939-45). The siege, more accurately described as a blockade, lasted from 8 September 1941 to 27 January 1944.
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Tarasevich, R. N. a. i. #. /. V. (2025, March 26). Red Army at Leningrad. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20270/red-army-at-leningrad/
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Tarasevich, RIA Novosti archive, image #58228 / Vsevolod. "Red Army at Leningrad." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 26, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20270/red-army-at-leningrad/.
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Tarasevich, RIA Novosti archive, image #58228 / Vsevolod. "Red Army at Leningrad." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 26 Mar 2025. Web. 30 Mar 2025.
