Surviving the Blockade of Leningrad

Informationen zum Autor Dr. Svetlana Magaveya, former researcher at the Academy of Medical Sciences in Moscow, is an accomplished author and researcher of general pathology and pathophysiology. Albert Pleysier is Professor of History at Piedmont College. He earned his Ph.D. in European History from West Virginia University and is the coauthor of Battle for Leningrad published in Russian by St. Petersburg State University. Klappentext In 1941 German and Finnish military forces established a blockade around Leningrad. During the 900 days of the siege, Leningrad was beset with aerial bombings, fuel shortages, and extreme starvation. At the end of the siege more than a million Leningraders had died. Svetlana Magayeva, just ten years old in 1941, witnessed the air raids and artillery shelling and endured the cold and hunger, Surviving the Blockade of Leningrad. Zusammenfassung In 1941! German and Finnish military forces established a blockade around Leningrad. During the 900 days of the siege! Leningrad was beset with aerial bombings! fuel shortages! and extreme starvation. Svetlana Magayeva! just ten years old in 1941! witnessed these raids and endured the cold and hunger. This is her story. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Maps Chapter 2 Authors' Preface Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 1. The Siege of Leningrad Chapter 5 2. Mother Chapter 6 3. Rudi Chapter 7 4. The Bread of Academician Ukhtomsky Chapter 8 5. Victor Prokhorov Chapter 9 6. Granny Maria Chapter 10 7. Kyr Rodin Chapter 11 8. Misha's Mother Chapter 12 9. Kamilla Senyikova Chapter 13 10. Margaret Markova Chapter 14 11. The New Year Tree Chapter 15 12. The Disappearance of Mother Chapter 16 13. Jan Tissler Chapter 17 14. The Children's Houses Chapter 18 15. Going to See Mother Chapter 19 16. Winter in the Children's House Chapter 20 17. Doctor Lyolya Chapter 21 18. Olga Symanovskaya Chapter 22 19. Olya and Seryozhz, Milochka, and Polinochka Chapter 23 20. Little Alexander (Alik) Chapter 24 21. Summer in the Children's House Chapter 25 22. The Evacuation Chapter 26 23. Other Survivors Chapter 27 Glossary of Names, Titles, Terms, and Abbreviations Chapter 28 Bibliography Chapter 29 About the Authors and Translator...

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• Authors: Svetlana Magayeva, Svetlana Pleysier Magayeva, Magayeva Svetlana, Albert Pleysier, Pleysier Albert
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.06.2006
• EAN: 9780761834205
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-3420-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; European History, Biography: general, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe), USSR, Soviet Union, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Russia / Soviet Era