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🕯“Nevsky Pyatachok” is the name given to a small bridgehead on the Neva River – a narrow strip of land some 50 kilometres from St Petersburg. It became one of the most tragic and decisive places of the Great Patriotic War. During the Siege of Leningrad, this ground witnessed some of the fiercest and most crucial battles. Here, Red Army units held their ground against overwhelming Nazi forces, repeatedly seeking to pierce the German encirclement and open even the narrowest corridor to the besieged “northern capital”, bringing hope to its starving population. More than 200,000 Soviet warriors perished on this small patch of land, turning it into one of the most tragic battlefields of the siege. 💬 Today, a memorial stands on the “Nevsky Pyatachok”. Its inscription is as a grim testament for the living: Ye who live should know – this land we did not want to abandon. And we never left. By the dark waters of the Neva River, we made our last stand. We perished so that you might live. #WeRemember