Surviving the Blockade of Leningrad

Author	Albert Pleysier, Svetlana Magayeva
Format	Hardcover
ISBN	9780761834205
Publisher	University Press of America
Manufacturer	University Press Of America

In 1941, the German and Finnish military forces established a blockade around the city of Leningrad. The blockade lasted 900 days and during that time, Leningrad was beset with aerial bombings, fuel shortages, and extreme starvation. At the end of the siege, more than a million Leningraders had died. Svetlana Magayeva, just ten years old at the time, witnessed the air raids and artillery shelling and endured the cold and hunger. Magayeva's book, Surviving the Blockade of Leningrad, tells the story of the siege and the Leningraders' struggle to survive.

In 1941 German and Finnish military forces established a blockade around Leningrad. During the 900 days of the siege, Leningrad was beset with aerial bombings, fuel shortages, and extreme starvation. At the end of the siege more than a million Leningraders had died. Svetlana Magayeva, just ten years old in 1941, witnessed the air raids and artillery shelling and endured the cold and hunger, Surviving the Blockade of Leningrad.