On September 8, 1941, German troops captured the city of Shlisselburg, taking control of the source of the Neva and blockading Leningrad from land. The Siege of Leningrad began. By September 18, German troops captured Pushkin, Krasnoe Selo, Slutsk and in the Peterhof area reached the Gulf of Finland, stopping in the suburbs of Leningrad. Inside the ring were almost all the forces of the Baltic Fleet, most of the Leningrad Front and about 3 million civilians. But the city lived! For 827 days, experiencing an acute shortage of food, under daily fierce artillery fire and bombing, soldiers of the Leningrad Front, the Baltic Fleet and city residents not only defended the city, but also continued to work in factories, producing weapons and ammunition necessary for the defense of the city .The proposed collection of the project “I Remember” ( is simple and ingenuous stories of infantrymen and artillerymen, pilots and sailors, tank crews and sappers, ordinary residents of Leningrad - all those who can rightfully say: “I defended Leningrad!”The book’s text has been translated from the original language using an artificial intelligence system. In most cases, the translation is accurate and clear, but occasionally there may be incorrect phrasing or individual words left untranslated.