The Museum of the Defense of Leningrad is devoted to the siege of the city during the Second World War. Its collection includes weapons, household objects, posters, maps, newspapers, documents, and artwork connected to the blockade.
The museum is a sobering counterpoint to St Petersburg's imperial palaces. It focuses less on spectacle than on endurance: daily life under siege, military defense, and the memory of a disaster that still shapes the city's identity.