A nine-hundred-day ordeal: hunger, resilience, and strategic endurance in Leningrad’s siege.
During the siege, Leningrad citizens reportedly burned books to keep warm, prioritizing warmth over knowledge preservation.
Soviet survival included forged calendars and codes that helped coordinate covert food deliveries under brutal bombardment.
A shocking 1942 report claimed cold exposure killed more people than German artillery, due to supply line collapse and malnutrition.
Remarkably, Leningrad’s industrial output continued at near prewar levels for months despite complete blockade and starvation.
During the siege, Leningrad citizens reportedly burned books to keep warm, prioritizing warmth over knowledge preservation.
Soviet survival included forged calendars and codes that helped coordinate covert food deliveries under brutal bombardment.
A shocking 1942 report claimed cold exposure killed more people than German artillery, due to supply line collapse and malnutrition.
Remarkably, Leningrad’s industrial output continued at near prewar levels for months despite complete blockade and starvation.
