Surviving the Blockade of Leningrad - Hardcover

$153.90

Surviving the Blockade of Leningrad - Hardcover

Name: Surviving the Blockade of Leningrad - Hardcover
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SKU: 9780761834205
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by Svetlana Magayeva , Albert Pleysier

$153.90

Book Overview

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 temperatures 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.

Svetlana Magayeva, just ten years old when the siege began, witnessed the air raids and artillery shelling and endured the cold and hunger. These experiences were so painful that she suppressed them in her subconscious until many years later when an accident re-injured a wound suffered during the siege brought back her memories. Surviving the Blockade of Leningrad is the account of these memories.

ISBN	9780761834205
Author	Svetlana Magayeva , Albert Pleysier
Publisher	University Press of America
Genre	Biography and History
Format	Hardcover
Published	June 2006
Language	ENG- English
Pages	216
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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