MINSK, 27 January (BelTA) - For Russia and Belarus, rejecting Nazism in all its forms is a cornerstone of our shared historical memory, Russian Ambassador to Belarus Boris Gryzlov said in a statement on the anniversary of the lifting of the Leningrad siege, BelTA has learned.
“For Russia and Belarus, the rejection of Nazism in all its forms is a cornerstone of our shared historical memory. For decades, we have passed down eyewitness accounts of the immeasurable suffering that Nazism inflicted upon the people of Leningrad and the entire Soviet people from generation to generation,” the ambassador emphasized.
Boris Gryzlov recalled that commemorative events are regularly held in collaboration with the Belarusian Union of Leningrad Siege Survivors, including the annual campaign “No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten”.
“The siege of Leningrad is a shared tragedy of our fraternal peoples,” the diplomat emphasized. He recalled that on the Memory Alley of the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg, there is a memorial plaque that reads “Eternal memory and glory to the Belarusians, the heroic defenders of Leningrad”. There is also a stele dedicated to the students of Leningrad's vocational schools. From October 1940 to June 1941, about 24,000 teenagers from Belarusian cities and villages came to Leningrad to receive education at vocational schools and factory training schools. In July 1941, they were supposed to return home for the holidays, but it was already too late -the war had begun.
Boris Gryzlov noted that Russia and Belarus actively cooperate on preserving historical memory, including in the legal domain. An example of this is the collaboration between the Russian Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus in declassifying archival materials on the crimes of the Nazis and their collaborators. In 2025, the Russian side transferred over 2,000 documents to Belarusian investigative authorities, based on which a number of judicial decisions were made. “This work will undoubtedly continue,” the diplomat assured.
The Nazi siege of Leningrad was completely lifted on 27 January 1944. It lasted for nearly 900 tragic days and nights. According to various estimates, between 600,000 and 1.5 million people perished in the city during this time (primarily from starvation).
“For Russia and Belarus, the rejection of Nazism in all its forms is a cornerstone of our shared historical memory. For decades, we have passed down eyewitness accounts of the immeasurable suffering that Nazism inflicted upon the people of Leningrad and the entire Soviet people from generation to generation,” the ambassador emphasized.
Boris Gryzlov recalled that commemorative events are regularly held in collaboration with the Belarusian Union of Leningrad Siege Survivors, including the annual campaign “No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten”.
“The siege of Leningrad is a shared tragedy of our fraternal peoples,” the diplomat emphasized. He recalled that on the Memory Alley of the Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery in St. Petersburg, there is a memorial plaque that reads “Eternal memory and glory to the Belarusians, the heroic defenders of Leningrad”. There is also a stele dedicated to the students of Leningrad's vocational schools. From October 1940 to June 1941, about 24,000 teenagers from Belarusian cities and villages came to Leningrad to receive education at vocational schools and factory training schools. In July 1941, they were supposed to return home for the holidays, but it was already too late -the war had begun.
Boris Gryzlov noted that Russia and Belarus actively cooperate on preserving historical memory, including in the legal domain. An example of this is the collaboration between the Russian Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus in declassifying archival materials on the crimes of the Nazis and their collaborators. In 2025, the Russian side transferred over 2,000 documents to Belarusian investigative authorities, based on which a number of judicial decisions were made. “This work will undoubtedly continue,” the diplomat assured.
The Nazi siege of Leningrad was completely lifted on 27 January 1944. It lasted for nearly 900 tragic days and nights. According to various estimates, between 600,000 and 1.5 million people perished in the city during this time (primarily from starvation).
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