The daily life of the besieged Leningrad in eyewitnesses and documents
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The presented work shows the daily life of the besieged Leningrad, the blockade of which lasted 872 days. In the letters, diaries and memoirs of Leningraders, a picture of the city’s life in the conditions of the blockade is recreated: evacuation, the efforts of the authorities and ordinary Leningraders in the fight against hunger and cold, the creation of the road of life on the ice of Lake Ladoga in the winter of 1941–1942, and establishing a connection with the “large land” and the heroic attempts of the Red Army and the militias of the breakthrough of the blockade, which ended with a powerful offensive and defeat of German troops near Leningrad in January 1944
The presented materials reflect the subjective opinion of their authors, who occupied a different social situation from ordinary citizens to the heads of factories and party workers. Despite the fact that in the minds of people the events can be distorted in the most incredible way, diaries and letters convey emotions, feelings, moods and the very spirit of the era, and only in them can a reliable description of everyday life be found
The presented materials reflect the subjective opinion of their authors, who occupied a different social situation from ordinary citizens to the heads of factories and party workers. Despite the fact that in the minds of people the events can be distorted in the most incredible way, diaries and letters convey emotions, feelings, moods and the very spirit of the era, and only in them can a reliable description of everyday life be found
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
- Category:Historical Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-907171-12-1
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