Based 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 perished. It shows how the city's inhabitants responded to the extraordinary demands placed upon them, encompassing both the activities of the political, security, and military elite as well as the actions and attitudes of ordinary Leningraders.
| ISBN: | 9780300198164 |
| Publication date: | 3rd January 2014 |
| Author: | Richard Bidlack, Nikita Lomagin |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 552 pages |
| Series: | Annals of Communism |
| Genres: |
History and Archaeology Second World War |
Based 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 perished. It shows how the city's inhabitants responded to the extraordinary demands placed upon them, encompassing both the activities of the political, security, and military elite as well as the actions and attitudes of ordinary Leningraders.
The Leningrad Blockade, 1941-1944 features in the following genres: History and Archaeology, Second World War
The Leningrad Blockade, 1941-1944 is available in Paperback
The Leningrad Blockade, 1941-1944 was written by Richard Bidlack, Nikita Lomagin and published by Yale University Press
The Leningrad Blockade, 1941-1944 has 552 pages
Yes it is part of Annals of Communism series