As the seat of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and a centre of Soviet industry, Leningrad was a prime target of Hitler's Russian invasion. Supported by the Finns, intent on recovering territory they had lost in the Finnish-Soviet Winter war the previous year, Nazi forces rapidly broke through the city's lines of defence, many cobbled together by its civilian population. This film - which features rarely seen archive footage now digitally restored - explores the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted

2.1K views · 394 reactions | On January 27, 1944, Soviet forces permanently break the Leningrad siege line, ending the almost 900-day German-enforced containment of the city, which resulted in the loss of more than 1.5 million Russian lives. Courtesy: РГАКФД; Russian State Documentary Film & Photo Archive | Future Russia | Facebook

From 1941 to 1944, the Soviet city of Leningrad endured the longest siege in modern history. For 872 days, hunger and bombs tore the city apart — yet its people refused to yield. Nearly a million died, but Leningrad never surrendered. #TheWarRoom #WWIIHistory #SiegeOfLeningrad #SovietResistance #fblifestyle | The War Room