The Siege: Operation "Iskra"

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The Siege: Operation "Iskra"

1977

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"Iskra" is the codename for the plan of the operation of the Soviet troops to break the blockade of Leningrad. In January 1943, the blockade of Leningrad was broken. A corridor 8-11 km wide was formed between Lake Ladoga and the front line.

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76 members

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Юрий Соломин

Aleksei Zvyagintsev

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Евгений Лебедев

Ivan Korolyov

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Ирина Акулова

Vera Korolyova

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Владислав Стржельчик

Fyodor Valitskiy

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Aleksandr Razin

Anatoliy Valitskiy

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Boris Gorbatov

Joseph Stalin

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Sergei Kharchenko

Zhdanov

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Роман Громадский

Aleksey Kuznetsov

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Алексей Преснецов

General Govorov

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Михаил Ульянов

Georgiy Zhukov

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Даниил Сагал

Marshal Voroshilov

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Stanislav Fesyunov

Major General Fedyuninsky

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V. Voronov

Voronov (Colonel General of Artillery)

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Лев Золотухин

Colonel Pavel Korolyov

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Игорь Комаров

Dukhanov

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Герберт Дмитриев

General Gusev

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German Khovanov

Shilov

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Олег Хроменков

Bychevskiy

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Рудольф Челищев

Cherokov

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Владимир Трещалов

Zamirovskiy

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Николай Федорцов

Surovtsev

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Николай Трофимов

Yevgeniy Pastukhov

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Rezo Bakanidze

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Сергей Филиппов

Vasiliy Gubarev, communications chief

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Данута Столярская

Olga Berggolts

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Станіслав Станкевич

Adolf Hitler

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Juozas Budraitis

Danvitz, German major

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Владимир Зельдин

Wilhelm von Leeb

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Viktor Burkhart

Guderian

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Радий Афанасьев

Lindeman

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Сергій Смеян

Franz Halder

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Юрий Дедович

Pavlov

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Павел Кашлаков

Major General Krasnov

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Fyodor Batishchev

Major General Simonyak

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A. Trubachyov

Colonel Trubachyov

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Д. Образцов

Keytel

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Александр Захаров

Volf, German general

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Юрий Мальцев

Khozin

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Vasili Leonov

Kadrovik

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Виктор Терехов

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Сергей Брянцев

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Эрнст Романов

Babushkin, employee of the Leningrad Radio

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B. Volkov

Surgeon

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Nina Chekmaryova

Varvara Semyonova

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Азамат Багиров

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Зинаида Дорогова

Kseniya Ilyinichna, Vera's mom

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Irina Stepanova

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Nina Vasilkova

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Валерий Смоляков

Dunwitz's buddy

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Валерий Доронин

German soldier, translator

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Роман Фертман

Ferch, German general

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Альберт Печников

Roslyy, Petty officer from the cruiser "Leningrad"

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Борис Аракелов

Aleksandr Tipanov, legendary hero

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Герман Колушкин

Molchanov, driver

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Николай Волков

Sovetskiy soldat

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Сергей Полежаев

Poskrebyshev

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Nina Antonova

Leningrader

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Igor Mikhaylov

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Александр Липов

Efreytor Kholopov

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Марина Юрасова

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Жанна Сухопольская

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Александр Афанасьев

Kovalyov - nachalnik svyazi

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Владимир Волчик

Employee of the Leningrad Radio

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Михаил Васильев

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Николай Гаврилов

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Aleksey Erin

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Arkadiy Pyshnyak

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Станислав Соколов

Sokolov (chief of staff)

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Евгений Горюнов

Leningrader in a bomb shelter

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Виталий Матвеев

driver

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Виктор Семёновский

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А. Андреев

Old soviet soldier

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Yuriy Rashkin

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Владимир Сидоров

Colonel Borshchyov

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Анатолий Шведерский

Manshtein

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Борис Волков

военный врач

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