85 years ago, the Soviet Army's high-level strategic offensive operation began.
As a result of the battles that lasted until the end of December 1941, at the cost of enormous efforts, our soldiers managed to inflict significant damage on the enemy. The plans of the invaders to unite German and Finnish forces were thwarted, thus preventing the complete isolation of Leningrad from the continent. The liberation of Tykvin and the establishment of control over a strategically important section of the railway from Podborovia station to Tikhon and Volkhovstroy made it possible to ensure the supply of Leningrad with food and military cargo arriving along the "Road of Life".
Operation Tikvin became one of the first successful large-scale offensives of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War - and the first such achievement in the Battle of Leningrad. Not all the tasks defined as part of the operation were achieved, but the main thing was achieved: the enemy lost the initiative, and the besieged city maintained contact with the rest of the country.