Life and Death in Besieged Leningrad, 1941-44 (Studies in Russian & Eastern European History)

From 1941-1944 Leningrad saw by far the largest-scale famine ever to occur in a developed society. This book examines the nature and consequences of the extreme conditions created by the German blockade of Leningrad between September 1941 and January 1944. Using declassified documents from Party and State archives in Moscow and St Petersburg and interviews with survivors, the authors have produced the most informed and detailed analysis to date of the impact of the siege on the lives and health of the people of Leningrad. In The Winter Of 1941-42 Leningrad Experienced The Worst Famine Ever To Occur In A Developed Society. With All The Land Links To The Rest Of The Soviet Union Cut By The German Army, Food Supplies Were Reduced To Starvation Level. In A Few Months, Over Half A Million People Died. Thanks To The Road Of Life Across Lake Ladoga, Supplies Increased, But, With The Siege Lasting For 872 Days, Casualties Among The Weakened Population Continued To Rise. Deaths In Leningrad Would Ultimately Exceed Those Of Any City In The Second World War. This Book Examines The Nature And Consequences Of The Conditions Created By The German Blockade Of Leningrad Between September 1941 And January 1944.--book Jacket. Introduction : Leningrad's Place In The History Of Famine / John Barber -- The Demographic Situation And Healthcare On The Eve Of War ; Assessing The Scale Of Famine And Death In The Besieged City / Nadezhda Cherepenina -- Evacuation From Leningrad To Kostroma In 1941-42 / Mikhail Frolov -- Medical Research Institutes During The Siege / Andrei Dzeniskevich -- Physiological And Psychosomatic Prerequisites For Survival And Recovery / Svetlana Magaeva -- The Work Of Civilian And Military Pathologists / Vadim Chirsky -- The Impact Of The Siege On The Physical Development Of Children / Igor Kozlov And Alla Samsonova -- Long-term Effects Of Lengthy Starvation In Childhood Among Survivors Of The Siege / Lidiya Khoroshinina -- Crime During The Siege / Boris Belozerov. Edited By John Barber And Andrei Dzeniskevich. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 229-238) And Index. In the winter of 1941-42 Leningrad experienced the worst famine ever to occur in a developed society. With all the land links to the rest of the Soviet Union cut by the German army, food supplies were reduced to starvation level. In a few months, over half a million people died. Thanks to the Road of Life across Lake Ladoga, supplies increased, but, with the siege lasting for 872 days, casualties among the weakened population continued to rise. Deaths in Leningrad would ultimately exceed those of any city in the Second World War. This book examines the nature and consequences of the conditions created by the German blockade of Leningrad between September 1941 and January 1944. Using declassified documents from Party and State archives in Moscow and St Petersburg, as well as interviews with survivors, the authors have produced the most informed and detailed analysis to date of the impact of the siege on the health and the lives of the people of Leningrad