Surviving the blockade of Leningrad
By: Svetlana Magayeva, Albert Pleysier ; translated into English and edited by Alexey Vinogradov.
Contributors: Vinogradov, A. V.; Pleysier, Albert Jan, 1948-
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9780761834205; 9780761834212
Subjects: Magaeva, S. V; Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- History -- Siege, 1941-1944 -- Personal narratives
Genres: Personal narratives.
Description: "In 1941, German and Finnish military forces established a blockade around Leningrad. Their siege of the city would last almost nine hundred days during which Leningrad was struck by incessant aerial bombing and artillery shelling. The winter of 1941-1942 was especially severe. A shortage of fuel forced the Leningraders to huddle around small wood burning stoves and sleep in overcoats. The freezing temperature caused the pipes of the city's water system to burst. In November, due to the shortage of food, the daily ration of bread was 250 grams for workers and 125 grams for dependents. The siege came to an end in early 1944, but by that time more than a million Leningraders had died."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 121).