The Leningrad blockade, 1941-1944 : a new documentary history from the Soviet archives

The Leningrad blockade, 1941-1944 : a new documentary history from the Soviet archives / Richard Bidlack and Nikita Lomagin ; translations by Marian Schwartz.

Ased largely on formerly top-secret Soviet archival documents (including 66 reproduced documents and 70 illustrations), this book portrays the inner workings of the communist party and secret police during Germany's horrific 1941-44 siege of Leningrad, during which close to one million citizens...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bidlack, Richard, 1954-
Other Authors: Lomagin, Nikita
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
Series:Annals of Communism.
Subjects:
1941-1944
HISTORY > Europe > Eastern.
HISTORY > Europe > Former Soviet Republics.
HISTORY > Europe > Russia & the Former Soviet Union.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History > Siege, 1941-1944.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > History > Siege, 1941-1944 > Sources.
Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg
History
Sources
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Table of Contents:
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Note on the Documents
  • Soviet Terminology, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
  • List of Documents
  • Chronology of the Leningrad Blockade
  • Leningrad During the Second World War and Its Aftermath
  • Who Ruled Leningrad?
  • Policies of Total War
  • The Struggle to Survive
  • The Popular Mood
  • The Question of Organized Opposition
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix A: Daily Bread Rations
  • Appendix B: Official Monthly Rations for Food Other than Bread
  • Appendix C: Rations Actually Distributed Other than Bread, 1 January-31 March 1942, According to Leningradskaia Pravda.

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