Blockade of Leningrad

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:castle
World War II bombing
gptkbp:casualties over 1 million civilians
gptkbp:civilianCasualties estimated 1,000,000
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Georg_Lindemann
gptkb:Georgy_Zhukov
gptkb:Leonid_Govorov
gptkb:Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Leeb
gptkbp:commemoratedBy gptkb:Monument_to_the_Heroic_Defenders_of_Leningrad
gptkb:Piskaryovskoye_Memorial_Cemetery
gptkb:Medal_for_the_Defence_of_Leningrad
gptkb:Leningrad_Blockade_Museum
gptkb:Siege_of_Leningrad_memorials
gptkbp:duration 872 days
gptkbp:endDate 1944-01-27
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Blockade of Leningrad
gptkbp:location gptkb:Leningrad
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:militaryDeaths estimated 300,000
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Road_of_Life
gptkb:Lake_Ladoga_supply_route
gptkb:siege_diary_of_Tanya_Savicheva
air raids
rationing
evacuation of civilians
bombardment
artillery shelling
cannibalism cases
winter of 1941–1942 famine
gptkbp:notableFor civilian suffering
extreme starvation
longest siege of a major city in modern history
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Eastern_Front_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:Finnish_Army
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Siege_of_Sevastopol
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
gptkbp:reliefDate 1943-01-18
gptkbp:reliefOperation gptkb:Operation_Iskra
gptkbp:result Soviet victory
gptkbp:significance turning point in World War II
symbol of Soviet resistance
major humanitarian disaster
gptkbp:startDate 1941-09-08
gptkbp:target gptkb:Leningrad
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Leningrad,_USSR
gptkb:Baltic_Sea_campaigns_(1939–45)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7