Some 1.5 million soldiers and civilians died in Leningrad during the siege - nearly the same number were evacuated, and many of them did not survive the trip due to starvation, illness, or bombing.

大约150万士兵和平民在这场围攻中死于列宁格勒——几乎相同数量的人撤离，其中许多人在撤退途中死于饥饿、疾病和轰炸。

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Shashank Joshi, an associate fellow of the Royal United Services Institute, a British think-tank, says the capital is not hermetically sealed but is effectively under siege.

英国智库皇家联合服务研究所的一名副研究员沙先科•乔西说，首都并不是牢不可破，它正受到有力的围攻。

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When we entered the town I almost did not recognise the place where Ihad worked as a doctor in April 2004, during the first siege.

当我们进入城市里，我几乎无法认出这个城市。2004年4月第一次围困的时候，我在这当医生。

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