The Siege: Operation "Iskra"

Name: The Siege: Operation "Iskra"
Genre: Action, War, Drama, History
Released: 1977-12-02
Cast: Yuriy Solomin, Yevgeni Lebedev, Irina Akulova, Vladislav Strzhelchik, Aleksandr Razin

5.3TMDB

7.8

1977

Action War Drama History

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Synopsis

"Iskra" is the codename for the plan of the operation of the Soviet troops to break the blockade of Leningrad. In January 1943, the blockade of Leningrad was broken. A corridor 8-11 km wide was formed between Lake Ladoga and the front line.

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Saga: The Siege of Leningrad

5.3

In June 1941, the Extraordinary Defense Headquarters of Leningrad, under the leadership of Zhdanov and Voroshilov, decided to build the Luga defensive line. Heavy fighting west of Pskov forced units of the front to withdraw, and on July 9, Pskov was also abandoned. The battles in the Luga direction held back the enemy. The first attacks of the Germans, intending to cross the Luga line on the move, were repulsed with heavy losses for them.

The Siege: The Luga Defense Line

1974Movie

8.0

Autumn 1941. German tank troops are making another attempt to break through to the Uritsk and Pulkovo Heights. During heavy fighting, Soviet troops managed to stop the offensive of fascist tanks one and a half kilometers south of the Pulkovo Observatory. The 900 days of the blockade and the incredible courage of the Soviet people were approaching ...