Films and eyewitness stories about the siege of Leningrad available on the Presidential Library’s portal

The Presidential Library’s portal from Monday to Friday in Live broadcasts section provides broadcasting of films, video lectures and tours prepared by the Presidential Library, as well as by leading film studios of the country.

In accordance with the program of online broadcasts, during the days of the celebration of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege, the Presidential Library portal will show the chronicle-documentary film The Blockade, created by director Sergei Loznitsa. The film is based on archival materials from the Film Fund of the St. Petersburg Documentary Film Studio, as well as fragments from the films Leningrad in Fight, 900 Unforgettable Days, The Feat of Leningrad, and The Sentence of the People.

The Presidential Library’s film With a Prayer for the Fallen tells about the memorial church of the Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalia, which is dedicated to the dead and missing during the defence of Leningrad from German invaders. The parish of the temple is actively involved in perpetuating the memory of the fallen defenders of Leningrad: the Museum of Military Glory "DOT" was created, a memorial park was laid out around the temple. The film also deals with moral aspects. So, the rector of the temple, Archpriest Mikhail Strelnikov, expresses his opinion: what is the meaning of losses and why terrible wars occur.

The users will also have opportunity to learn about Ninel Viktorovna Krasnolutskaya and Zinaida Arkadyeva Fedyushina, who as children survived all the terrible 900 days of the siege in the besieged city. Video recordings of the interview will be shown online.

As part of the educational project of the Presidential Library video lecture Knowledge of Russia The struggle for higher education for women in Russia in the second half of the 19th - early 20th centuries and The Maritime Charter of Peter the Great and the military legislation of Peter the Great's time will be shown.

The schedule of broadcasts of films and video lectures for the coming week is available on the Presidential Library’s portal in Live broadcasts section.

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