PETERSBURG, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Russia's St. Petersburg ... The city, then called Leningrad, endured a 872-day blockade by Nazi German forces during World War II. The siege, which lasted from ...

Residents of Plymouth, Tokyo, and Hamburg remember the air raids; Russian peasants recall the siege of Leningrad; Japanese soldiers and Korean slave-laborers describe the brutality of war in Asia.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced Tuesday that a Mi-28 helicopter crashed in the Leningrad region, killing the crew. "On March 18, 2025, during a planned training flight, a Mi-28 helicopter ...