In the Leningrad region, near Vsevolozhsk, 3 kilometers of roads of life, is open in 1968, the memorial complex, called "Flower of Life". It is dedicated to the children who died in the siege of Leningrad.

The monument is a complex consisting of three parts: a 15-meter flower, made by sculptor P. Melnikov, Friendship Alley (architect A. Levenkova) and Kurgan stelae with eight pages, symbolizing entries from the diary, notepad Tanya Savicheva (architects M. Coman G. Fetisov A. Levenkov).

On the petals of daisies stone pictured the boy's face, who smiles, and words of a children's song "Let There Always Be Sunshine". Nearby is plate on which is written, "In the name of life and against war. Kids - young heroes of Leningrad of 1941-1944. " "Flower" was opened in 1968.

Around the monument are growing 900 birch trees for the first tree, symbolizing every day of the blockade. In January days are still to be seen birch red ties.

Alley of Friendship connects the "Flower of Life" and the funeral mound. On the steles, which are located along the alley, tells of the heroism of the defenders of Leningrad children. There are immortalized the names of pioneers - Heroes of the Soviet Union and the Knights of the highest state awards and deeds committed by them.

Particular attention is drawn to "page" from the diary of Tanya Savicheva. This blog has become a symbol of the Leningrad blockade. This miniature a notebook presented at the Nuremberg trials as a document that accuses Fascism.

Tanya Savicheva was born on January 23, 1930 during the siege she wrote down in a notebook, to get her from her sister Nina, the date and time of the death of loved ones. Tania was born in the family of Nicholas and Mary Ignatievna radionovich Savicheva. In the years of the NEP Thani father owned a team of private, where his wife worked and brothers Alexey and Dmitry Basil. Tanya was the youngest child. She had older sisters Zhenya and Nina and the brothers Leonid and Misha. With the ban of the NEP family was expelled from the city. Some time later, Nicholas Radionovich died. Later, a widow with children were allowed to return to Leningrad.

Maria Ignatyevna was a seamstress. Older sister and brother-Thani to the beginning of the war occupied the post of ordinary workers, the sisters worked at an engineering plant them. Lenin, Leonid (Lek) mastered the profession planer at the Engineering industry, Michael worked as a turner.

By 1941 Savicheva family - mother, grandmother Evdokia G. Fyodorov, children - were living on Vasilevsky Island. In the same building, one floor up, the brothers lived and Tanya's father, Vasily and Alexei. Dmitry died before the war. Eugene was married and lived on Moss. The relationship of the spouses did not develop, but she did not return home.

Tania moved to the 4th grade school number 35 in the current Cadet line. When announced the beginning of the war, the family Savichevs decided to stay in town. Leonid because of poor eyesight was a white ticket and went to work at the factory. Uncle Basil, which especially was a friend of Tanya tried to enlist in the national militia, but was refused because of age - he was in '71. Sister Nina, together with his colleagues dug trenches in Kolpino, fishing, Shushary, on duty at the post aerial surveillance. Unknown to households Eugene donate blood. Maria Ignatyevna sewed military uniforms. Tanya with other children cleaned the lofts, gathered for incendiary bottles glassware. Michael, before the announcement of the beginning of the war turned out to be out of town. He did not give itself felt and considered lost. He survived, fought as a partisan.

First the age of 32 died Eugene. Since the transport did not work, she took every day to work on the 7 km. She worked in 2 shifts. She died on the job. Then Tanya and made the first mournful string in a notebook: "Zhenya died December 28 at 12.30 am 1941"

In January, her grandmother Eudoxia diagnosed third degree malnutrition. She died 2 days after Tanya's birthday. The notebook has a new record: "My grandmother died on January 25. 3 h. 1942 days "

One day in February 1942, Nina did not come home. This coincided with the shelling, and it felt dead. Nina came under emergency evacuation together with the plant running. News home she could not pass. Nina still alive.

Leonid actually lived in the factory. He worked day and night. I came home very seldom. He died at 24 years of dystrophy in the hospital at the plant. In notebook Tanya wrote: "Leka died on March 17 at 5:00 am in 1942."

The next in the family died favorite uncle Thani - Basil. In a diary entry appeared: "Uncle Vasya died April 2 at 13 am Night 1942" Uncle Alex died at age 71 from malnutrition third degree. Tania writes in his diary: "Uncle Alex May 10 at 4 hours of the day 1942". After 3 days later, Mary died Ignatyevna. Tania writes: "Mother May 13 7, 30 o'clock in the morning in 1942". Next Entries she did the last three records, finished diary with the words: "... all dead ...".

Initially, Tania helped the neighbors, and then she went to a cousin of his grandmother - my aunt Doucet, who later sent her to a children's home in the evacuation. Tanya died in 14 years of progressive degeneration, scurvy, tuberculosis and bone tuberculosis intestinal infectious department Shatkovsky District hospitals in the first day of July 1944