Servicemen line up in St Petersburg's Palace Square to rehearse a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the lifting of the WWII Siege of Leningrad. (Photos: VCG)

Servicemen line up in St Petersburg's Palace Square to rehearse a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the lifting of the WWII Siege of Leningrad.

Servicemen march in St Petersburg's Palace Square to rehearse a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the lifting of the WWII Siege of Leningrad.

Servicemen line up in St Petersburg's Palace Square to rehearse a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the lifting of the WWII Siege of Leningrad.