Says Leningrad! Attention, comrades!
As a result of 12-day intense battles, the troops of the Leningrad Front broke through and overcame the strongly reinforced long-term defense of the Germans on the entire front near Leningrad, stormed the most important defense centers and enemy strongholds near Leningrad: the cities of Krasnoye Selo, Ropsha, Uritsk, Pushkin, Pushkin, Pushkin, Pushkin, Pushkin, Pushkin, , Ulyanovka, Gatchina and others. And successfully developing the offensive, they liberated more than 700 settlements and threw the enemy away from Leningrad on the entire front for 65-100 km.
As a result of the battles, a task of historical importance was solved: the city of Leningrad was completely freed from the enemy blockade and from barbaric artillery shelling of the enemy.
To commemorate the victory and in honor of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the enemy blockade, today, January 27, at 8 p.m., the city of Lenin salutes the valiant troops of the Leningrad Front with twenty-four artillery salvoes of 324 guns.
Citizens of Leningrad! Courageous and persistent Leningraders! Together with the troops of the Leningrad Front, you defended our hometown. With your heroic work and steel endurance, overcoming all the difficulties and torment of the blockade, you forged the weapon of victory over the enemy, giving all your strength to the cause of victory.
Eternal glory to the heroes who fell in the struggle for the city of Lenin, for the freedom and independence of our country.
