Besieged Leningrad: Aesthetic Responses to Urban Disaster

by Polina Barskova

During the 872 days of the Siege of Leningrad (September 1941 to January 1944), the city's inhabitants were surrounded by the military forces of Nazi Germany. They suffered famine, cold, and darkness, and a million people lost their lives, making the siege one of the most destructive in history. Confinement in the besieged city was a traumatic experience. Unlike the victims of the Auschwitz concentration camp, for example, who were brought from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875807720
• ISBN13: 9780875807720
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher