Zhukov's forces lifted the [[Siege of Leningrad]] in 1944. The [[Red Army]] broke the siege in January. During the siege 1.2 million people died of starvation caused by the [[Nazi Germani]] and [[Finland]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jt8QVm8dPaQC|title=The Legacy of the Siege of Leningrad, 1941–1995: Myth, Memories, and Monuments|last=Kirschenbaum|first=Lisa A.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2006|isbn=9781139460651|pages=44|quote=The blockade began two days later when German and Finnish troops severed all land routes in and out of Leningrad.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225210446/https://books.google.ch/books?id=jt8QVm8dPaQC|archive-date=}}</ref><ref>http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/24522</ref> City parks today remain the mass graves of over 500,000 civilian victims who died during the siege.<ref>https://youtu.be/N-qwZJ9Cqwo</ref>
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Zhukov's forces lifted the [[Siege of Leningrad]] in 1944. The [[Red Army]] broke the siege in January. During the siege 1.2 million people died of starvation caused by the [[Nazi Germany]] and [[Finland]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jt8QVm8dPaQC|title=The Legacy of the Siege of Leningrad, 1941–1995: Myth, Memories, and Monuments|last=Kirschenbaum|first=Lisa A.|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2006|isbn=9781139460651|pages=44|quote=The blockade began two days later when German and Finnish troops severed all land routes in and out of Leningrad.|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225210446/https://books.google.ch/books?id=jt8QVm8dPaQC|archive-date=}}</ref><ref>http://www.russiatoday.com/news/news/24522</ref> City parks today remain the mass graves of over 500,000 civilian victims who died during the siege.<ref>https://youtu.be/N-qwZJ9Cqwo</ref>