YABLOKO to commemorate the victims of the siege of Leningrad
Press Release, 25.01.2016
On 27 January, on the anniversary of the siege of Leningrad, leaders and activists of the YABLOKO party will lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The action will be attended by YABLOKO Chair Emilia Slabunova, Deputy Chair Nikolai Rybakov and members of the Political Federal Grigory Yavlinsky and Sergei Mitrokhin.
The Siege of Leningrad lasted 872 days, from 8 September 1941 through to 27 January 1944. According to different estimates, from 600,000 to 1.5 million people died over the years of the siege.
The action will begin at 14:00.
Posted: January 26th, 2016 under History, Street Actions.