Siege and Survival: The Odyssey of a Leningrader

by Elena Skrjabina

Book Overview

To be a Leningrader is to have a "distinction which is as rare as any human being possesses."--Fromthe Foreword

In the siege of Leningrad, August 1941-January 1944, between 1,100,000and 1,500,000persons died, of hunger, of cold, of disease, of German bullets, bombs, and shells. The unprecedented magnitude and suf­fering of this most devastating of all episodes of war has been told by Harrison...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809305119
• ISBN13: 9780809305117
• Release Date: October 1971
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent eyewitness source

I first read this book in the 1990's and now use it to illustrate the deprivations and effects of war on civilian populations in my history classes. An excellent eyewitness diary account of the horrors of war.