The Siege of Petrograd, also known as The Petrograd Blockade (Russian: Блокада Петрограда (transliteration: blokada Petrograda)) was an unsuccessful military operation by the Axis powers to capture Petrograd during the Second great War. The siege lasted from September 9, 1941, to January 18, 1943, when a narrow land corridor to the city was established by the Russians. The total lifting of the siege occurred on January 27, 1944. The Siege of Petrograd was one of the longest and most destructive sieges of major cities in modern history