The blockade of Russian regions, as well as from many foreign countries will participate in the XXIV Congress of the international Association of public organisations blockade of the hero City of St. Petersburg, informed the Committee on social policy of St. Petersburg. The Congress will be held in St. Petersburg from may 5 to 10." it will be attended by 150 delegates, including about 100 survivors of the siege of subjects of the Russian Federation, as well as among them from the Republic of Crimea, as well as from Belarus, Bulgaria, Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Moldova, the USA, Ukraine, Estonia, " - said in the report. Delegates will participate in citywide events dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory in the great Patriotic war. This year the International Association emphasizes its 25th anniversary. It was created for international activities to protect the interests of people living in the Russian Federation and the CIS countries and abroad. The organization brings together about 40 thousand people from 82 cities of Russia, CIS countries, near and far abroad. The blockade of St. Petersburg that began on 8 September 1941, lasted almost 900 days. The only way - " Road of life ", which was delivered to the city the food was laid on the ice of lake Ladoga. The siege was lifted on 18 January 1943, but prior to its complete removal - January 27, 1944 - Leningraders had to wait another whole year. During the siege, lost his life, according to different data, from 400 thousand to 1, 5 million people. So, at the Nuremberg trials featured a number 632 thousand people. Only 3% of them died from the bombing and shelling, others died from hunger.