A city under siege and the grit that fed a fortress and changed history.
Leningraders used ice-axes as improvised weapons when freezes trapped frontline troops inside blocked streets.
Despite starvation, city dogs were eaten only after all other food sources exhausted, not first.
Approximately 40,000 civilian deaths occurred before the siege’s end from bombardment, hunger, and disease combined.
The siege lasted 872 days, a longer total time than the U.S. fought in Vietnam.
A city under siege and the grit that fed a fortress and changed history.
Leningraders used ice-axes as improvised weapons when freezes trapped frontline troops inside blocked streets.
Despite starvation, city dogs were eaten only after all other food sources exhausted, not first.
Approximately 40,000 civilian deaths occurred before the siege’s end from bombardment, hunger, and disease combined.
The siege lasted 872 days, a longer total time than the U.S. fought in Vietnam.
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