The veteran said that the blockade of the city began when she was nine years old.
Sofya Evgenievna added that her grandparents, brothers and sisters died from hunger and cold.
When the evacuation of children along Lake Ladoga began, she was sent with her younger brother Valera.
“Our car passed through Ladoga on the road, and the kids were taken... This car went under the ice along with the children,” the veteran recalls.
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Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the “Linestone” monument on the 80th anniversary of the lifting of the siege of Leningrad.
On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi blockade, the Russian Ministry of Defense published declassified documents. Among them are descriptions of military operations, maps with a plan of the Soviet command, a photo report of the work of the artillery of the Baltic Fleet, award lists of the city’s defenders.
Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin noted that the siege of Leningrad is one of the most tragic pages in the history of Russia and at the same time the greatest example of the resilience and fortitude of people.