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NIKOIL | Bank held a grand welcome to the blockade of Leningrad
On the occasion of the 68th anniversary of the Great Victory NIKOIL | Bank traditionally held a celebratory lunch with the veterans of the Great Patriotic War - the defenders and victims of the siege of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), the survivors of the terrible 900 days of the siege of the city. Those in Baku left 12 people. Participants were also provided to the blockade and material assistance.
At a meeting attended by Deputy Chairman of the Management Board - Sergey Saveliev, who in his speech said that the older a person becomes, the more he realizes through the difficulties, the severity and distress were simple, innocent people who were victims of the most brutal bloody war of the 20th century . In the veterans were told to thank for today's peace. Finally S.Savelev wished everyone good health, congratulated the Victory Day.
Recall that the blockade of Leningrad lasted from September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944. During the years of the blockade were killed, according to various estimates, from 300,000 to 1.5 million people, only 3% of them were killed by the bombing and shelling, and the remaining 97% died of starvation. - 15D -
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- 10 May 2013 15:14
Economics
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