A Barnaul resident has achieved the status of a Leningrad survivor years later.

91-year-old To Viktor Mostakov Finally, he was awarded the "Resident of Siege of Leningrad" badge. The pensioner had been in court for years to obtain the status: he spent three months and three weeks during the siege, while the law required four months.

"Viktor Mostakov was born in Leningrad in 1934. During a bombing raid, a shell hit the apartment where his family lived. Miraculously, the child survived—he was playing in the neighboring yard at the time. Afterward, he was urgently evacuated to Chelyabinsk." says on the website of the local news agency.

Mostakov's story reached the regional organization "Residents of Besieged Leningrad" and the Altai and St. Petersburg Legislative Assemblies. In October 2025, the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg revised the criteria for granting the status of resident of besieged Leningrad. The requirement for a minimum period of residence in the besieged city was removed from the document. 

Viktor Mostakov received his long-awaited status. Along with him, nearly 3 other residents of the besieged city received the "Resident of Siege of Leningrad" badge. 

Previously "NotMoscow» told, as a resident of a Ryazan village Evdokia Protasova For many years, she sought the status of a home front worker. Her parents were repressed, and she herself worked on a collective farm as a child to support the front. Her documents have not survived, and there are no living witnesses to those years. She was granted the status of a home front worker. received through To Konstantin Smirnov (was a deputy of the Dubrovichi rural settlement, now held by in pre-trial detention) and to the court. 

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