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Leningrad : state of siege / Michael Jones.

Jones, Michael K. (Author).

Summary:

Describes life in the Russian city of Leningrad during World War II.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0465011535
  • ISBN: 9780465011537
  • Physical Description: xxii, 322 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, 2008.

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General Note:
"Published in Great Britain in 2008 by John Murray"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-309) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface -- Timeline -- Bread rations -- 'An almost scientific method': the German advance -- 'The biggest bag of shit in the Army': attempts to defend -- The butcher's hook: ordinary civilians' experience -- The noose: the blockade is not broken -- Elena's sketchbook: the emerging horror -- The abortionist: the onset of mass starvation -- One black beret: the authorities lose control -- The road of life: keeping hope alive -- The symphony: finding the will to survive -- Operation Spark: the military breakthrough -- Something necessary: the siege is lifted -- Epilogue.

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Subject:
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > Biography.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History > Siege, 1941-1944.
Genre:
Biographies.

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