“We are mutilating our history, we are depriving it of its humanity”
Most recently, the city celebrated a tragic date - 75 years since the beginning of the Leningrad siege. St. Petersburg residents traditionally laid flowers at mass graves and memorial signs. But for some reason, on this day, mummers danced in the squares, and dashing songs rushed from the trucks (“Eh, Andryusha, should we be sad!” - sounded on Palace Square).