Editing Neva (section)

=== Soviet and modern periods ===
{{main|History of Saint Petersburg}}

The first concrete bridge across Neva, the [[Volodarsky Bridge]], was built in 1936.<ref>Antonov, B.I. "Bridges of St. petersburg", Glagol, 2002.</ref> During World War II, from 8 September 1941 to 27 January 1944, Leningrad was in the devastating [[Siege of Leningrad|German Siege]]. On 30 August 1941, the German army captured Mga and came to Neva. On 8 September Germans captured Shlisselburg and cut all land communications and waterways to St. Petersburg (then Leningrad). The siege was partly relieved in January 1943, and ended on 27 January 1944.<ref name=hist1 />

A river station was built above the Volodarsky Bridge in 1970 which could accept 10 large ships at a time. Wastewater treatment plants were built in Krasnoselsk in 1978, on the Belyi Island in 1979–83, and in [[Olgino]] in 1987–94. The South-West Wastewater Treatment Plant was constructed in 2003–05.<ref name = SPBe/>