Members of a historical military club participate in the World War II battle reconstruction marking the 66th anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad.
Members of a historical military club participate in the World War II battle reconstruction marking the 66th anniversary of the liberation of Leningrad (Soviet-era name of St.Petersburg) from the Nazi blockade in WWII, in St. Petersburg, Russia on 24 January 2010. According to various sources, up to 700,000 civilians died from hunger, frost, shelling and air bombardment in a siege that lasted 900 days. EPA/ANATOLY MALTSEV
