Steel Path

The "Steel Path" monument in Shlisselburg at the Petrokrepost station is dedicated to the railway built in the shortest possible time after the recapture of a corridor no more than eleven kilometers wide. Railway workers called this branch line, which passed through a zone of constant shelling, the "corridor of death," while it officially received the name "Victory Road." In February 1943, trains ran on it only at night, allowing three trains to pass in each direction, and during its operation, 1,730 mines, 7 unexploded bombs, and 52 artillery shells were found on the route. The feat of the builders and workers of this railway line is reflected in V. Kovalchuk's book "Corridors of Courage" and the film "The Corridor of Immortality."