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Leningrad

Tragedy of a City under Siege, 1941-44

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Leningrad

Tragedy of a City under Siege, 1941-44

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When Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941, he intended to capture Leningrad before turning on Moscow. Soviet resistance forced him to change tactics: with his forward troops only thirty kilometres from the city's historic centre, he decided instead to starve it out. Using newly available diaries and government records, Anna Reid describes a city's descent into hell - the breakdown of electricity and water supply; subzero temperatures; the consumption of pets, joiner's glue and face cream; the dead left unburied where they fell - but also the extraordinary endurance, bravery and self-sacrifice, despite the cruelty and indifference of the Kremlin.

Product details

Published 28 May 2026
Format Audiobook
Duration 16 hours and 30 minutes
ISBN 9781037207075
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Anna Reid

Anna Reid holds a master's degree in Russian histo…

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