The Diary of Lena Mukhina - A Girl's Life in the Siege of Leningrad

In May 1941 Lena Mukhina was an ordinary teenage girl, living in Leningrad, worrying about her homework and whether Vova - the boy she liked - liked her. Like a good Soviet schoolgirl, she was also diligently learning German, the language of Russia's Nazi ally. And she was keeping a diary, in which she recorded her hopes and dreams. Then, on 22 June 1941, Hitler broke his pact with Stalin and declared war on the Soviet Union. All too soon, Leningrad was besieged and life became a living hell. Lena and her family fought to stay alive; their city was starving and its citizens were dying in their hundreds of thousands. From day to dreadful day, Lena records her experiences: the desperate hunt for food, the bitter cold of the Russian winter and the cruel deaths of those she loved. A truly remarkable account of this most terrible era in modern history, The Diary of Lena Mukhina is the vivid first-hand testimony of a courageous young woman struggling simply to survive.

Product details

• Authors: Elena Mukhina, Lena Mukhina, Mukhina Lena
• Assisted by: Amanda Love Darragh (Translation), Amanda Love (Translator) Darragh (Translation), Amanda Darragh Love (Translation), Amanda Darragh (Translator) Love (Translation)
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.04.2016
• EAN: 9781447269915
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-6991-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 196 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Pan Books
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Diaries, letters & journals, HISTORY / Military / World War II, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Diaries & Journals, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Letters, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, Diaries, letters and journals, Modern warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / Eastern Front, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs