It is impossible to understand Putin without appreciating how deeply World War II informs his thinking — how the siege of Leningrad is seen as singularly heroic in the Russian psyche.
Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in an event on Defender of the Fatherland Day.
The invasion has earned Putin worldwide condemnation, leaving the country almost as isolated as it was during the chilliest Cold War years. The child of a besieged city, Putin has turned Russia into a besieged country. A half-million German troops would encircle the city, unable to overcome a fledgling resistance that improbably hardened over the brutal months into an unrelenting will to survive. People ate glue. Some resorted to cannibalism. There was no food, no heat and, during the especially brutal winter of 1941-'42, not much hope.
A huge pile of German helmets surrounded by guns and equipment was part of an exhibit called"The Heroic Defense of Leningrad," which the Russian defenders of the city seized and collected after their heroic stand against the Nazis.
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