I had decided to take up a position opposite to that of my fellow Lenin graduates.
我决定要采取一个和我的列宁格勒毕业同学相反的立场。The Soviet Union announced the end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years.
年，苏联宣布致命的德国列宁格勒围城战结束，这场战争已经持续了两年多。Out of the hospital, he remained in Leningrad with his wife and son.
出院后，他和妻儿留在了列宁格勒。Medvedev recalled working as a labourer and a snow sweeper while studying for a law PhD at Leningrad State University.
他还回忆起在列宁格勒国立大学修读法学博士时当打工族和扫雪工的情景。On New Year's Eve, I boarded the train to Moscow with an interim stop in Leningrad's Finland Station.
新年前夜，我登上了开往莫斯科的火车，中途要在列宁格勒的“芬兰车站”停靠。Maria, their elder daughter, was born in St Petersburg in 1985, and her younger sister Katja in Germany a year later.
他们的大女儿玛利亚1985年出生在列宁格勒，比她小一岁的妹妹卡佳出生在德国。To do so, they have to fly in extra musicians, because only 15 members of the Leningrad Radio Orchestra have survived the war.
举行音乐会，他们得找几个额外的乐师，因为战争中列宁格勒交响乐团只幸存了十五位成员。The winter snows now descended on the Totenkopf's sector, freezing the German advance against Leningrad.
冬雪开始飘洒在“骷髅”师的防区，组织了德军对列宁格勒的进攻。The opening ceremony of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum was held at Leningrad Exhibition Centre, St. Petersburg.
论坛开幕式在圣彼得堡的列宁格勒展览中心举行。