The idea of the project is to tell a person of the XXI century, primarily the younger generation, about the cultural life of the besieged city, a spiritual phenomenon unprecedented in world history; explain that it was culture that largely became the key to the invincibility of the Nevsky stronghold "in the ring and worse, in hunger, in sadness." The uniqueness of the project is that for the first time the cultural life of besieged Leningrad will be most fully revealed. With their inspired creativity, cultural figures not only helped the city survive, but also showed the whole world the strength of the human spirit. It was embodied in poems by A. A. Akhmatova, V. M. Inber, O. F. Berggolts, in music by D. D. Shostakovich, the work of conductor K. I. Eliasberg, opera singer S. P. Preobrazhenskaya, in works by artists A. P. Ostroumova-Lebedeva, A. F. Pakhomov, A. E. Black, in the work of the director of the Hermitage I. A. Orbeli and many others. The conceptual basis of the exhibition, a distinctive feature of which will be the display of events of cultural life through the prism of the hardest blockade everyday life, will be revealed through a unique exhibit series. It will present personal complexes of cultural figures, paintings and graphics, books and periodicals published in the besieged city, posters and unique postcards published in Leningrad in 1941-1944. with views of the besieged city created by N. A. Pavlov, posters and programs of concerts and performances, archival documents, photographs, radio and newsreels. These unique exhibits and specially prepared multimedia programs will allow the project audience to feel the full force of the cultural "sound" of besieged Leningrad. The scale of the project is that it will be implemented in three regions of Russia: in Moscow, in Kaliningrad, the capital of the country's westernmost region, and in Ryazan, the city that was one of the first to accept evacuated blockades. This will significantly expand the target audience.
