Breaking the deadly ring: Troops of the 136th Rifle Division rush across frozen Neva river during Operation Spark in January 1943. Diorama from Lifting the Siege Museum, Marjino village, Kirovsk region.

Friday Jan 26

10.00. Departure from Moskva hotel for Siege of Leningrad tour:
- Piskarevskoe memorial cemetery
- Monument of the Siege
- Siege museum
- Artillery Museum
Lunch in the city center
Evening: free time, possibility to go to opera and ballet in Mariinsky or Mussorgski theaters

Saturday Jan 27

09.00. Departure to battlefields of the Siege south-east from the city
- Battles at Ivanovskoe, Tosna river August 1942
- Memorial reenactment in Pushkin
- Battles at Nevskaya Dubrovka and the Five kopeck bridgehead
- Breaking the Siege – museum at Kirovsk
- Monuments on Sinyavino hills

Sunday Jan 28

10.00 Departure from hotel with luggage toward Finland
Brief stop on the way to Finland at Beloostrov/Valkeasaari – brief review of the grand Soviet offensive of June-July 1944 on the Karelian Isthmus.
Around 16.00 Border formalities in Vaalimaa/Torfyanovka
Arrival in Helsinki around 19.00
Arrival in Tampere around 21.00

Price of the trip: 150€ + visa fee (price valid in January 2006)

The price includes:
transportation, accommodation in double standard rooms (breakfast is included in the price) hotel Moscow, guiding on the battlefields

The trip will take place if there are at least 19 participants. Bair Travels reserves right to changes.

Ask more about this trip at office@bair-travels.com