Nine hundred days of hunger, resilience, and cultural endurance under siege.
Leningrad's siege lasted 872 days, yet the city never officially capitulated to Axis forces.
Despite starvation, some residents reportedly survived on a ration of 125 grams of bread per day by improvising with wallpaper glue flavor.
Soviet engineers built a secret underground hospital network beneath the city to treat civilians and artillery crew simultaneously.
The siege caused a 40% drop in population within the city boundaries, yet the population still peaked again after liberation due to refugees arriving.
Leningrad's siege lasted 872 days, yet the city never officially capitulated to Axis forces.
Despite starvation, some residents reportedly survived on a ration of 125 grams of bread per day by improvising with wallpaper glue flavor.
Soviet engineers built a secret underground hospital network beneath the city to treat civilians and artillery crew simultaneously.
The siege caused a 40% drop in population within the city boundaries, yet the population still peaked again after liberation due to refugees arriving.
