A gripping look at Leningrad's 900-day siege: geography, logistics, endurance, and the cultural resilience that sustained a city under starvation.
Leningraders burned their city’s last hope—sourdough—by feeding it to the starving to keep bread lines alive.
The siege calendar includes a baby boom: births surged during the blockade despite extreme famine.
Women operated anti-aircraft guns and wore gas masks while carrying water and firewood through artillery-riddled streets.
The city survived by trading bacon saved from bomb shelters for soap and fuel with distant smugglers across Lake Ladoga.
A gripping look at Leningrad's 900-day siege: geography, logistics, endurance, and the cultural resilience that sustained a city under starvation.
Leningraders burned their city’s last hope—sourdough—by feeding it to the starving to keep bread lines alive.
The siege calendar includes a baby boom: births surged during the blockade despite extreme famine.
Women operated anti-aircraft guns and wore gas masks while carrying water and firewood through artillery-riddled streets.
The city survived by trading bacon saved from bomb shelters for soap and fuel with distant smugglers across Lake Ladoga.
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