When was the "Siege of Leningrad" lifted during World War II?

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January 1944 is correct because the siege was fully lifted on January 27, 1944, when the Soviet Leningrad–Novgorod Offensive drove German forces away from the city. A year earlier, in January 1943, Operation Iskra only opened a narrow land corridor, easing supplies but not ending the blockade.

The Siege of Leningrad lasted 872 days (from September 8, 1941), causing devastating famine and bombardment