Siege of Leningrad

E10519

World War II battle military blockade siege

The Siege of Leningrad was a prolonged and devastating German and Finnish blockade of the Soviet city of Leningrad from 1941 to 1944, marked by extreme civilian starvation, immense casualties, and enduring symbolic significance in World War II history.

Aliases (11)

Battle of Leningrad ×1
Blockade of Leningrad ×1
Leningrad blockade ×1
Leningrad front ×1
Leningrad strategic defensive operation ×1
Leningrad supply system ×1
Siege of Leningrad (initial phase) ×1
Soviet defense of Leningrad ×1
World War II Siege of Leningrad ×1
blockade of Leningrad ×1
defenders of Leningrad ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → military blockade → siege →
alsoKnownAs	Blockade of Leningrad →
associatedWithCity	Saint Petersburg →
attackedBy	Finnish forces → German Army Group North →
belligerent	Finnish Army → Leningrad Front → Red Army → Wehrmacht →
cause	Operation Barbarossa →
civilianImpact	cases of cannibalism → widespread famine →
commanderForAttacker	Georg von Küchler → Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb →
commanderForDefender	Georgy Zhukov → Kliment Voroshilov → Leonid Govorov →
conflictIn	World War II →
countryInvolved	Finland → Nazi Germany → Soviet Union →
defendedBy	Leningrad civilians → Soviet Red Army →
duration	about 872 days →
endDate	1944-01-27 →
estimatedDeaths	hundreds of thousands of soldiers → over 1,000,000 civilians →
historicalPeriod	1940s →
legacy	symbol of Soviet endurance and sacrifice in World War II →
location	Leningrad → Russian SFSR → Soviet Union →
memorializedBy	Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad → Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery →
notableFor	extreme civilian starvation → high civilian casualties → prolonged urban siege warfare → symbolic Soviet resistance →
objective	capture of Leningrad → destruction of Leningrad as a major Soviet city →
partOf	Eastern Front of World War II →
result	Soviet victory → lifting of the blockade of Leningrad →
startDate	1941-09-08 →
supplyRoute	Lake Ladoga ice road → Road of Life →
theater	Northern sector of the Eastern Front →

Referenced by (39)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Lake Ladoga in World War II ("Leningrad strategic defensive operation") → Luftflotte 1 (in air support role) → Medal for the Defence of Leningrad →	campaign
Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad → Monument to the Heroic Defenders of Leningrad ("defenders of Leningrad") → Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery →	commemorates
European theatre of World War II → RKKA → Unternehmen Barbarossa ("Siege of Leningrad (initial phase)") →	notableBattle
16th Army → 18th Army (Wehrmacht) → GermanArmyGroupNorth →	notableEngagement
Eastern Front (World War II) → Road of Life →	conflict
Axis forces on the Eastern Front → Leningrad Front (Soviet Union) →	engagedIn
Battle of Lake Ladoga in World War II → Lake Ladoga ice road ("Leningrad supply system") →	partOf
Siege of Leningrad ("Blockade of Leningrad") →	alsoKnownAs
Lake Ladoga ice road ("Leningrad blockade") →	associatedWithEvent
City of Thieves →	hasHistoricalEventDepicted
World War II battles ("Battle of Leningrad") →	hasNotableBattle
European Theater of Operations →	includesEvent
Continuation War →	involvedSiege
Continuation War ("Leningrad front") →	location
Soviet-German Front →	majorOperation
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union →	notableEvent
16th Army (Wehrmacht) →	notableOperation
Army Group North →	operation
Georg von Küchler →	operationParticipatedIn
Wilhelm von Leeb →	participatedIn
Battle of Lake Ladoga in World War II →	relatedEvent
Soviet–Finnish negotiations of 1938–1939 ("Soviet defense of Leningrad") →	relatedTo
City of Thieves →	settingTime
Leningrad →	significantEvent
Lake Ladoga ice road →	usedDuring
KV-1 →	usedInBattle
SovietCivilians ("blockade of Leningrad") →	victimOf
Church on Spilled Blood ("World War II Siege of Leningrad") →	wasDamagedDuring