of the stalin line, these fortifications were built by 1940 under the leadership of the general karbosheva941, thanks to them, they managed to slightly delay the nazis; from july 2 to july 5, cadets of the leningrad artillery school fought here. according to german documents, the last pillbox was taken at 17:35 july. the fate of the cadets and their names are still unknown. this museum exhibition tells about the occupation of the island. it was born through the efforts of peter grinchuk, who 35 years ago led a group of search engines. on july 6, 1941, the germans captured the island; at the end of july, a group. in february 1942, units of the red army surrounded the germans in demyansk, but they could not hold this cauldron; the germans supplied the troops by air, this was provided by planes from the veretye ​​airfield near the city of ostrov. on august 11, 1943, an incredible story happened here: two soviet prisoners of war working at the airfield, twenty-year-old pilot nikolai loshakov and technician ivan denisyuk, hijacked a german plane. the wounded loshakov was able to reach. front, a