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.
Getting there: From Pl. Muzhestva metro bus 123,138,80; from Akademicheskaya metro bus 178, 61.