million people fell victim to the fascist siege, city residents bring flowers to the peskarevskoye memorial cemeterylong. governor alexander beglov also took part in the funeral ceremony. a minute of silence. a tribute to the defenders and residents of leningrad, a city that stood firm, despite everything. and even during the siege, children were born there. the maternity hospital on furshtatskaya, the only one that worked then, doctors, who themselves received 125 grams of bread, did everything to save mothers and babies. alena germanova, about the feats of those who in the midst of starvation and death fought for a new life. here, at 9 am on may 5, i saw the light, a large bomb fell into it, the building shook, despite the fact that my mother was in the basement, they gave birth there, i was scared, in 1943 the city was still under siege, but life still went on under the explosions of bombs and shells in leningrad, 700 children were born, 10 times less than before the great patriotic war, father... the streets continued to accept births throughout the blockade, the hospital menu included butter, p