🕯 27 января дипломаты Посольства России в Великобритании и российские соотечественники, проживающие в Соединённом Королевстве, возложили венок и цветы к Советскому военному мемориалу в Лондоне в память о 82-й годовщине снятия фашистской блокады Ленинграда.
Представители российской общины в Манчестере также провели возложение цветов к памятному камню, установленному в 2020 году в честь советских воинов, которые отдали свои жизни за освобождение Европы от фашизма, а также в знак признательности храбрым жителям осаждённого Ленинграда.
Накануне сотрудники дипмиссии направили проживающим в Британии ветеранам Великой Отечественной войны – жителям блокадного Ленинграда – поздравления от имени Губернатора Санкт-Петербурга Александра Беглова.
Блокада Северной столицы войсками нацистской Германии — одна из самых трагичных и одновременно героических глав в истории нашей страны. Она длилась с 8 сентября 1941 года по 27 января 1944 года — 872 дня тяжелейших испытаний, голода и лишений. По оценкам историков, из трёх миллионов жителей Ленинграда и его пригородов осаду пережили не более 800 тысяч.
Подвиг ленинградцев стал символом несгибаемой воли, мужества и самоотверженности. Память о жертвах блокады навсегда останется в наших сердцах.
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Представители российской общины в Манчестере также провели возложение цветов к памятному камню, установленному в 2020 году в честь советских воинов, которые отдали свои жизни за освобождение Европы от фашизма, а также в знак признательности храбрым жителям осаждённого Ленинграда.
Накануне сотрудники дипмиссии направили проживающим в Британии ветеранам Великой Отечественной войны – жителям блокадного Ленинграда – поздравления от имени Губернатора Санкт-Петербурга Александра Беглова.
Блокада Северной столицы войсками нацистской Германии — одна из самых трагичных и одновременно героических глав в истории нашей страны. Она длилась с 8 сентября 1941 года по 27 января 1944 года — 872 дня тяжелейших испытаний, голода и лишений. По оценкам историков, из трёх миллионов жителей Ленинграда и его пригородов осаду пережили не более 800 тысяч.
Подвиг ленинградцев стал символом несгибаемой воли, мужества и самоотверженности. Память о жертвах блокады навсегда останется в наших сердцах.
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🇷🇺 On 27 January, President Vladimir Putin took part in commemorative events dedicated to the 82nd anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi siege.
Russia's President visited the Nevsky Pyatachok military-historical complex in the Leningrad Region, where he laid flowers at the Landmark Stone monument.
Nevsky Pyatachok is a small bridgehead on the left bank of the Neva River, where Soviet soldiers fought against superior enemy forces from the first days of the blockade, preventing them from advancing on Leningrad. In 1971, the Landmark Stone was unveiled at this site of fierce fighting in memory of the defenders of the Motherland who died on Nevsky Pyatachok.
The stone bears an inscription of a verse by poet and songwriter Robert Rozhdestvensky: "You who are alive, remember that we did not want to leave this land, and we have not left it. We fought to the death by the dark waters of the Neva. We have died so that you can live".
The President also visited the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, where he took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Motherland monument to commemorate the city residents and defenders laid to rest there.
About 420,000 residents of Leningrad, who died from starvation, cold and disease or perished in bombings and air raids, as well as 70,000 soldiers are buried in the 186 mass graves and 6,000 individual graves of the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery. The words of poet Olga Bergholz, "No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten", are carved on the memorial wall behind the Motherland monument.
Russia's President visited the Nevsky Pyatachok military-historical complex in the Leningrad Region, where he laid flowers at the Landmark Stone monument.
Nevsky Pyatachok is a small bridgehead on the left bank of the Neva River, where Soviet soldiers fought against superior enemy forces from the first days of the blockade, preventing them from advancing on Leningrad. In 1971, the Landmark Stone was unveiled at this site of fierce fighting in memory of the defenders of the Motherland who died on Nevsky Pyatachok.
The stone bears an inscription of a verse by poet and songwriter Robert Rozhdestvensky: "You who are alive, remember that we did not want to leave this land, and we have not left it. We fought to the death by the dark waters of the Neva. We have died so that you can live".
The President also visited the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery, where he took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Motherland monument to commemorate the city residents and defenders laid to rest there.
About 420,000 residents of Leningrad, who died from starvation, cold and disease or perished in bombings and air raids, as well as 70,000 soldiers are buried in the 186 mass graves and 6,000 individual graves of the Piskarevskoye Memorial Cemetery. The words of poet Olga Bergholz, "No one is forgotten, nothing is forgotten", are carved on the memorial wall behind the Motherland monument.
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🕯 On 27 January Russian diplomats together with Russian compatriots living in the United Kingdom laid a wreath and flowers at the Soviet War Memorial in London to mark the 82nd anniversary of the lifting of the Nazi siege of Leningrad.
Members of the Russian community in Manchester also held a flower-laying ceremony at a plaque unveiled in 2020 in honoured memory of the Soviet soldiers, who gave their lives liberating Europe and in recognition of the brave people of the besieged Leningrad.
On the eve of this date, the Russian diplomatic mission's staff conveyed greetings of the Governor of Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad) Alexander Beglov to the veterans of the Great Patriotic War – residents of the besieged Leningrad, who currently live in the UK.
The Nazi German blockade of the city stands as one of the most tragic yet heroic chapters in the history of our country. It lasted from 8 September 1941 to 27 January 1944 — 872 days of extreme hardship, hunger and deprivation. Historians estimate that no more than 800,000 of the three million inhabitants of Leningrad and its surrounding areas survived the siege.
The feat of Leningraders has become a symbol of unbreakable will, courage and self-sacrifice. The memory of those who died in the blockade will remain in our hearts forever.
#Victory81 #WeRemember
Members of the Russian community in Manchester also held a flower-laying ceremony at a plaque unveiled in 2020 in honoured memory of the Soviet soldiers, who gave their lives liberating Europe and in recognition of the brave people of the besieged Leningrad.
On the eve of this date, the Russian diplomatic mission's staff conveyed greetings of the Governor of Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad) Alexander Beglov to the veterans of the Great Patriotic War – residents of the besieged Leningrad, who currently live in the UK.
The Nazi German blockade of the city stands as one of the most tragic yet heroic chapters in the history of our country. It lasted from 8 September 1941 to 27 January 1944 — 872 days of extreme hardship, hunger and deprivation. Historians estimate that no more than 800,000 of the three million inhabitants of Leningrad and its surrounding areas survived the siege.
The feat of Leningraders has become a symbol of unbreakable will, courage and self-sacrifice. The memory of those who died in the blockade will remain in our hearts forever.
#Victory81 #WeRemember
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🧭 January 29 marks the Discoverers’ Day in Russia
🧊 On this day in 1820, Russian naval officers Faddey Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev discovered #Antarctica – the sixth continent.
The expedition lasted 751 days. Sailing aboard the two sloops Vostok and Mirny, the 102-strong crew were the first to map the boundaries of the Antarctic continent.
The voyage was extremely arduous and dangerous. Small wooden sailing vessels had to navigate close to ice and icebergs, often in dense fog. Heading south, on January 28, the Russian navigators came within close proximity of the icy shores of a previously unknown land.
📝 Mikhail Lazarev later wrote about that historic moment:
Braving fierce ocean swells and polar ice, the expedition successfully circumnavigated the continent. This remarkable voyage brought glory to Russia and turned St Petersburg into a leading centre of global geography. The results of the expedition, which led to the discovery of Antarctica and twenty-nine new islands, represent an Russia's outstanding contribution to the history of geographical exploration.
Later, shortly after the end of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet Union resumed its exploration of the continent. In 1946, the Slava whaling flotilla, carrying a scientific team, sailed to Antarctica. They reached the point where Bellingshausen and Lazarev had sighted the “main ice” and verified the accuracy of their original accounts.
On February 13, 1956, the first Soviet Antarctic research station, the Mirny Observatory, was officially opened. This was later followed by a network of year-round Russian stations.
🇷🇺 Today, Russia continues its research in Antarctica. In late 2024, a new wintering complex entered service at the inland Vostok Station. In 2025, the research vessel Akademik Tryoshnikov completed the International Antarctic Coastal Circumnavigation Expedition. The 71st Russian Antarctic Expedition is currently underway.
🧊 On this day in 1820, Russian naval officers Faddey Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev discovered #Antarctica – the sixth continent.
The expedition lasted 751 days. Sailing aboard the two sloops Vostok and Mirny, the 102-strong crew were the first to map the boundaries of the Antarctic continent.
The voyage was extremely arduous and dangerous. Small wooden sailing vessels had to navigate close to ice and icebergs, often in dense fog. Heading south, on January 28, the Russian navigators came within close proximity of the icy shores of a previously unknown land.
📝 Mikhail Lazarev later wrote about that historic moment:
“We reached latitude 69°23 S, where we met main ice of extraordinary height… and looking out from the crosstrees, it stretched just as far as our gaze could reach… At last, there lay before us that southern main, so long sought after, whose existence scholars in their studies had deemed necessary for the balance of the globe.”
Braving fierce ocean swells and polar ice, the expedition successfully circumnavigated the continent. This remarkable voyage brought glory to Russia and turned St Petersburg into a leading centre of global geography. The results of the expedition, which led to the discovery of Antarctica and twenty-nine new islands, represent an Russia's outstanding contribution to the history of geographical exploration.
Later, shortly after the end of the Great Patriotic War, the Soviet Union resumed its exploration of the continent. In 1946, the Slava whaling flotilla, carrying a scientific team, sailed to Antarctica. They reached the point where Bellingshausen and Lazarev had sighted the “main ice” and verified the accuracy of their original accounts.
On February 13, 1956, the first Soviet Antarctic research station, the Mirny Observatory, was officially opened. This was later followed by a network of year-round Russian stations.
🇷🇺 Today, Russia continues its research in Antarctica. In late 2024, a new wintering complex entered service at the inland Vostok Station. In 2025, the research vessel Akademik Tryoshnikov completed the International Antarctic Coastal Circumnavigation Expedition. The 71st Russian Antarctic Expedition is currently underway.
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🎙 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answers to questions from the Moscow. Kremlin. Putin TV programme (Moscow, 1 February 2026)
❓ Question: Have the Europeans backed themselves into a corner by cutting off all contacts with Russia and now becoming fully dependent on the United States, which is free to treat them as it sees fit?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: [...] It would be difficult to accuse us of "driving wedges". It is Europe that has tried – and continues to try – to drive wedges between Russia and the United States, interpreting US policy under President Donald Trump as what they see as a tilt in Russia's favour and to the detriment of European interests.
The word "interests" is a key here. When a country defends its own interests – as Russia does, as our friends in China, the UAE, India and others do – it is treated accordingly. But when, as in the case of most European elites, their own interests have been traded away for those of the Ukrainian regime, which they are exploiting in every possible way in order to wage an undeclared war against Russia and are now openly preparing for direct involvement themselves, then the attitude towards them will inevitably be different.
I have already mentioned our meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Riyadh in February 2025. Presenting the Trump administration's position, he said that the guiding principle must be national interests. The US, he said, would always respect the position of other major powers that also base their actions on national interests.
Mr Rubio added that the national interests of major countries such as Russia and the United States would not always coincide. But when they do, it would be a mistake not to use that convergence to pursue mutually beneficial economic, trade and investment projects. And when they do not coincide, it would not merely be a mistake but a crime to allow those differences to degenerate into confrontation, let alone a hot conflict. That is the approach we proceed from.
As for how relations between Europe and the United States are being built, we never interfere in those processes. Everyone gets the treatment they deserve.
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❓ Question: Have the Europeans backed themselves into a corner by cutting off all contacts with Russia and now becoming fully dependent on the United States, which is free to treat them as it sees fit?
💬 Sergey Lavrov: [...] It would be difficult to accuse us of "driving wedges". It is Europe that has tried – and continues to try – to drive wedges between Russia and the United States, interpreting US policy under President Donald Trump as what they see as a tilt in Russia's favour and to the detriment of European interests.
The word "interests" is a key here. When a country defends its own interests – as Russia does, as our friends in China, the UAE, India and others do – it is treated accordingly. But when, as in the case of most European elites, their own interests have been traded away for those of the Ukrainian regime, which they are exploiting in every possible way in order to wage an undeclared war against Russia and are now openly preparing for direct involvement themselves, then the attitude towards them will inevitably be different.
I have already mentioned our meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Riyadh in February 2025. Presenting the Trump administration's position, he said that the guiding principle must be national interests. The US, he said, would always respect the position of other major powers that also base their actions on national interests.
Mr Rubio added that the national interests of major countries such as Russia and the United States would not always coincide. But when they do, it would be a mistake not to use that convergence to pursue mutually beneficial economic, trade and investment projects. And when they do not coincide, it would not merely be a mistake but a crime to allow those differences to degenerate into confrontation, let alone a hot conflict. That is the approach we proceed from.
As for how relations between Europe and the United States are being built, we never interfere in those processes. Everyone gets the treatment they deserve.
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🌟 On February 2, 1943, the #BattleOfStalingrad — one of the most brutal battles of the Great Patriotic War and #WW2, which turned the tide of that terrible and bloody conflict — concluded with the total and complete defeat of the Nazi forces.
The fight for Stalingrad lasted for 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ days and nights, surpassing all previous battles in world history both in scale and intensity. The combat to the death took place in Stalingrad for each and every alley, every house, every inch of the ground. During that battle, more than 2.1 million people were involved on both sides.
The Nazi invaders, obsessed with the illusion of their superiority and strive to enslave the Soviet people, failed in Stalingrad — never ever had the Germans managed to break the spirit or morale of the defenders of our Motherland. The Red Army soldiers, showing unparalleled courage, bravery and heroism, stood their ground with steadfastness and achieved a great victory that would eventually define the outcome of the entire #WWII.
The Nazi war machine suffered a crushing and catastrophic defeat, which, as history would show, was fatal for Germany.
☝️ At Stalingrad, the Red Army showed that the Third Reich and Nazism are beatable, that they can and will be destroyed once and for all.
***
In the summer of 1942, the Nazi troops launched another major offensive on the southern flank of the Soviet–German front.
At that time, the target was #Stalingrad — a key industrial and transport hub on the Volga river. Had the Nazis succeeded, Hitler’s barbarians would have severed crucial supply lines, seized the rich agricultural regions of Kuban and Stavropol, and broken through to the Caucasus, where they hoped to capture abundant oilfields.
The entire power of the Nazi war machine fell on Stalingrad on July 17 — the city’s heroic defence commenced. The enemy committed up to 80 Wehrmacht divisions to that attack, followed by savage combat for the city raging almost all around the clock days and nights. The Soviet defenders fought firmly, leaving not a single inch of our Motherland.
The Wehrmacht troops, commanded by infamous Nazi General Friedrich Paulus (it was him who devised operation 'Barbarossa' plan — Germany’s treacherous attack on the Soviet Union) were confronted by the Soviet 62nd and 64th armies. Vasily Chuikov, the commander of the 62nd Army, is rightly considered to be one of the architects of the victory at Stalingrad — the brilliant tactician, he refined and put into practice assault-group strategy that became key to our triumph in Stalingrad.
By mid-November 1942, after fierce and lasting resistance and regrouping of forces, the Red Army created favourable conditions to launch counter-offensive near Stalingrad 👉 from November 19, 1942 to February 2, 1943, the Soviet forces brilliantly executed the operation 'Ring', having successfully encircled Nazis 6th Army in “cauldron” between the Don and Volga rivers.
On January 31, Field Marshal Paulus and his staff unconditionally surrendered. On February 2, the last pockets of Nazis' resistance were eliminated, with Germany’s 'axis' troops completely destroyed.
🎖 The Battle of Stalingrad ended in a Red Army's brilliant military triumph. The Nazis lost up to 1/4 of all the personnel and equipment deployed on the entire Eastern Front.
Since then, the word “Stalingrad” has echoed, and will forever echo, in the hearts and collective memory of our people as an enduring reminder of the Great Heroic Feat performed by the defenders of our Motherland.
***
On November 29, 1943, during the Tehran Conference, UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill presented Joseph Stalin with a sword specially forged by the order of King George VI in tribute to the courage and resilience of Stalingrad defenders.
Inscribed on the blade were the words:
The sword became an iconic commemorative relic, symbolising the Anglo-American allies’ eternal tribute to the Heroic Soviet victorious generation.
The fight for Stalingrad lasted for 2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ days and nights, surpassing all previous battles in world history both in scale and intensity. The combat to the death took place in Stalingrad for each and every alley, every house, every inch of the ground. During that battle, more than 2.1 million people were involved on both sides.
The Nazi invaders, obsessed with the illusion of their superiority and strive to enslave the Soviet people, failed in Stalingrad — never ever had the Germans managed to break the spirit or morale of the defenders of our Motherland. The Red Army soldiers, showing unparalleled courage, bravery and heroism, stood their ground with steadfastness and achieved a great victory that would eventually define the outcome of the entire #WWII.
The Nazi war machine suffered a crushing and catastrophic defeat, which, as history would show, was fatal for Germany.
☝️ At Stalingrad, the Red Army showed that the Third Reich and Nazism are beatable, that they can and will be destroyed once and for all.
***
In the summer of 1942, the Nazi troops launched another major offensive on the southern flank of the Soviet–German front.
At that time, the target was #Stalingrad — a key industrial and transport hub on the Volga river. Had the Nazis succeeded, Hitler’s barbarians would have severed crucial supply lines, seized the rich agricultural regions of Kuban and Stavropol, and broken through to the Caucasus, where they hoped to capture abundant oilfields.
The entire power of the Nazi war machine fell on Stalingrad on July 17 — the city’s heroic defence commenced. The enemy committed up to 80 Wehrmacht divisions to that attack, followed by savage combat for the city raging almost all around the clock days and nights. The Soviet defenders fought firmly, leaving not a single inch of our Motherland.
The Wehrmacht troops, commanded by infamous Nazi General Friedrich Paulus (it was him who devised operation 'Barbarossa' plan — Germany’s treacherous attack on the Soviet Union) were confronted by the Soviet 62nd and 64th armies. Vasily Chuikov, the commander of the 62nd Army, is rightly considered to be one of the architects of the victory at Stalingrad — the brilliant tactician, he refined and put into practice assault-group strategy that became key to our triumph in Stalingrad.
By mid-November 1942, after fierce and lasting resistance and regrouping of forces, the Red Army created favourable conditions to launch counter-offensive near Stalingrad 👉 from November 19, 1942 to February 2, 1943, the Soviet forces brilliantly executed the operation 'Ring', having successfully encircled Nazis 6th Army in “cauldron” between the Don and Volga rivers.
On January 31, Field Marshal Paulus and his staff unconditionally surrendered. On February 2, the last pockets of Nazis' resistance were eliminated, with Germany’s 'axis' troops completely destroyed.
🎖 The Battle of Stalingrad ended in a Red Army's brilliant military triumph. The Nazis lost up to 1/4 of all the personnel and equipment deployed on the entire Eastern Front.
Since then, the word “Stalingrad” has echoed, and will forever echo, in the hearts and collective memory of our people as an enduring reminder of the Great Heroic Feat performed by the defenders of our Motherland.
***
On November 29, 1943, during the Tehran Conference, UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill presented Joseph Stalin with a sword specially forged by the order of King George VI in tribute to the courage and resilience of Stalingrad defenders.
Inscribed on the blade were the words:
TO THE STEEL-HEARTED CITIZENS OF STALINGRAD • THE GIFT OF KING GEORGE VI • IN TOKEN OF THE HOMAGE OF THE BRITISH PEOPLE
The sword became an iconic commemorative relic, symbolising the Anglo-American allies’ eternal tribute to the Heroic Soviet victorious generation.
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