Ride to the battle fields in Leningrad region

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Dear friends,

As I announced earlier, this Saturday I have made a ride to the battle fields in Leningrad region. The Blockade of Leningrad started in 08/09/1941. From the first days Red Army tryed to break it. There was number of operations during 1941-1943 in a region near Slisselburg. German command called this place as "bottle throat", because it was the narrowest point in the German defense. For example in 19/09/1941 soviet forces captured two beachheads on German side of Neva river. One of them named as "Nevsky pyatachok" was bloodiest place in Leningrad frontline. It was first point of my destination.
My ride started from cup of coffee at gasoline station
It is 35 km from Saint-Petersburg. A few kilometers before my destination I saw small wooden church and decided to stop there.
There was only one prayed old man there. My short prayer was for all people, killed there during the War.