Embassy of Russia in Ethiopia: Politics & Diplomacy

Everything you need to know about the Siege of Leningrad ▪️ On September 8, 1941, the Siege of Leningrad began — one of the most horrific and tragic events not only of the Great Patriotic War but of the entire World War II. The attempt to take Leningrad on the fly failed and the enemy began its siege. The terrible blockade lasted 872 days and, according to various estimates, took the lives of 650,000 to 1.5 million people. How the city was defended Leningrad was turned into a real fortress: The city dug over 600 km of anti-tank ditches with barbed wire, built 15,000 pillboxes and bunkers and set up 22,000 firing points, as well as 2,300 command and observation posts. In addition, 4,600 bomb shelters were organized directly in the city, capable of accommodating up to 814,000 people. The entire center was covered with camouflage nets to protect against enemy aircraft. Even the blind stood up to defend the city. They had unique hearing and served on special installations, so-called ‘sound pickups’. The “eavesdroppers” spent hours listening to the Leningrad sky and would report the approach of fascist aircraft long before they appeared on the horizon. The only thread connecting besieged Leningrad with the "mainland" was the waterway across Lake Ladoga – the aptly named ‘Road of Life’. It was along this route that food supplies were delivered and the population was evacuated. In winter, iceboats – yachts on skates with soldiers on board – would race across the ice of Lake Ladoga. They guarded the ‘Road of Life’, carried out reconnaissance, delivered food to the city and evacuated the starving out of it. How the city survived The blockade was a difficult test for the residents of Leningrad. With the onset of the harsh winter of 1941-1942, mass starvation began. “Everything was eaten: leather belts, soles, there was not a single cat or dog left in the city, not to mention pigeons and crows. There was no electricity, hungry, exhausted people went to the Neva [River] to get water, falling and dying along the way. At some point, they stopped removing the corpses, they were simply covered with snow. People died at home with whole families, whole apartments,” recalled Yevgeny Aleshin. Nevertheless, even in such a terrible situation, people tried to find reasons for joy. Remarkably, residents found ways to celebrate the New Year. Potato peel cakes, thin soup, jelly made from wood glue – such “delicacies” were on the festive tables of Leningraders on December 31, 1941. The city lacked not only food, but also medicine. Despite this, doctors did what they could. To combat scurvy, they even turned to medical recipes from the 18th century. How the blockade was lifted After the great success at Stalingrad and the change in the strategic situation on the Soviet-German front, the Red Army command decided to make another attempt to break through the blockade. 🗓 On January 12, 1943, ‘Operation Iskra’ began. The offensive was carried out both from the besieged city and from the "mainland". After the Red Army broke through an 11 km wide land corridor along the southern shore of Lake Ladoga on January 18, they immediately began to build a makeshift railway there. And, on February 7, the first train with food arrived in Leningrad. The railway was officially called the ‘Road of Victory’, but find out why many dubbed it the "Corridor of Death" here. Thousands of cats were sent from Siberia to Leningrad along with food for the exhausted citizens. They had to fight the hordes of rats that had literally filled the city. A year after the blockade was broken, the Red Army found the strength to finally lift it. #WWII #LeningradBlockade #Victory81

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🇷🇺Russian Embassy Newsletter President of Russia 📃Following the meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Bishkek Declaration on the 25th Anniversary of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was signed; 🇷🇺🇮🇷Opening remarks by President of Russia Vladimir Putin during the meeting with President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian; 💬Answers by President of Russia Vladimir Putin to media questions following his working visit to Kyrgyzstan; 🇷🇺🇨🇳President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Vice Premier of the State Council of China Ding Xuexiang held a meeting on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum; 💬Address by President of Russia Vladimir Putin at the Plenary Session of the 11th Eastern Economic Forum; 🇷🇺🇺🇸Russia's President Vladimir Putin received in the Kremlin Special Envoy of the President of the United States of America Steve Witkoff and entrepreneur, founder of Affinity Partners Jared Kushner. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 💬Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions during a dedicated lecture and educational programme of the Russian Znanie Society on the sidelines of the 11th Eastern Economic Forum; 💬Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's response to a question from RBC (RosBusinessConsulting) on the US deployment of a launcher for intermediate- and shorter-range missiles in Norway; ❗️In response to the unfriendly actions of the German side in closing the Consulate General of Russia in Bonn and the Russian House of Science and Culture in Berlin, on September 7 the Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of Germany in Moscow was informed of the following retaliatory measures; 🔹On Russia's position on the protection of the international legal regime of the seabed area. Russian Embassy in Addis Ababa 📰In honor of the 25th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness, Friendship, and Cooperation between the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, and Victory Day over militarist Japan and the end of World War II, Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia H.E. Mr. Evgeny Terekhin and Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia H.E. Mr. Chen Hai, published a Joint Article entitled "Russian-Chinese Relations: Thirty Years of an Ascending Trajectory"; 👨‍🎓On September 1, 2026, the first bell rang in a ceremonial setting the school of the Russian Embassy in Ethiopia, marking the beginning of a new school year. *** 🔹Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya); 🔹Reunited with our friends in Ethiopia! 🔹On September 1-3, 2004, Russia endured one of the most horrific tragedies in its modern history – the inhuman Beslan terrorist attack; 🔹September 3, 1945, marks the Day of Military Glory of Russia — the day of Victory over militarist Japan and the end of World War II. https://disk.yandex.ru/d/spgCoR0u-phZNA