St. George Chapel "Nevsky pyatachok"
This chapel is standing on the former battlefield of the Neva bridgehead, a site of heavy fighting in the period 1942-1943. This chapel commemorates the thousands of Red Army soldiers and officers who fell for this piece of land.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons
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