900 days--the siege of Leningrad
By: Nikolai Voronkov ; [translated from the Russian by Arkadi Illarionov].
Publisher: Novosti Press Agency Pub. House
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Moscow
Language: eng
Format: hardcopy
Subjects: Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- History -- Siege, 1941-1944.
Other titles: Nine hundred days--the siege of Leningrad.
Description: It is about the daily lives of the people of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) and the tremendous hardships they faced during the Nazi siege of the city (1941–1944). During the 900-day period from September 1941 to January 1944, supplies and food were only delivered when the surface of Lake "Ladoga" was frozen enough to transport trucks and a temporary railway. The siege of Leningrad claimed the lives of 800,000 of the city's inhabitants, mainly through cold and hunger. That is fascinating to read about.