epa09454747 Russian honor guard march during a wreaths laying ceremony at the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery in St.Petersburg, Russia, 08 September 2021, marking the 80th anniversary of the beginning of Nazi blockade of Leningrad (Soviet-era name of St.Petersburg) in the WWII. Up to 700,000 civilians are believed to have died from hunger, frost, shelling and air bombardment during the siege that lasted some 900 days.  EPA/ANATOLY MALTSEV