More than a million people died in the Leningrad blockade, and 489,000 of them are buried in this memorial cemetery. As you walk toward the monument of Mother Russia, with mass graves on either side of the path, you will hear Shostakovich's 7th Symphony (Leningrad Symphony), which he composed during the war.

Admission free. GETTING THERE: from Pl. Muzhestva metro take marshrutka or bus 138, 123; from Akademicheskaya metro take marshrutka 178 . Get off at Piskarevka.