Leningrad

  • Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944
    By Anna Reid

    'Robinson. Crusoe. was. a. Lucky. Man'. On 22 January 1942 Moscow's State Defence Committee did what it should have done six months earlier, and ordered the mass evacuation of Leningrad. The Ice Road having frozen to the requisite ...

  • Leningrad: State of Siege
    By Michael Jones

    Describes life in the Russian city of Leningrad during World War II.

  • Leningrad: Tragedy of a City under Siege, 1941-44
    By Anna Reid

    In Leningrad, Anna Reid answers many of the previously unanswered questions about the siege. How good a job did Leningrad's leadership do - would many lives have been saved if it had been better organised?

  • Leningrad: Siege and Symphony
    By Brian Moynahan

    In 'Leningrad', Brian Moynahan sets the composition of Shostakovich's most famous work against the tragic canvas of the siege itself and the years of repression and terror that preceded it.

  • Leningrad: State of Siege
    By Michael K. Jones

    Those who survived would be marked permanently by what they endured as the city descended into chaos. In Leningrad, military historian Michael Jones chronicles the human story of this epic siege.

  • Leningrad: Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941-44
    By Anna Reid

    In Leningrad, Anna Reid answers many of the previously unanswered questions about the siege. How good a job did Leningrad's leadership do - would many lives have been saved if it had been better organised?

  • Leningrad: Tragedy of a City Under Siege, 1941- 44
    By Anna Reid

    When Hitler attacked the Soviet Union in June 1941, he intended to capture Leningrad before turning on Moscow.

  • Leningrad
    By Igor Vishnevetsky

    Closing the gap between the contemporary Russian novel and the masterpieces of the early Soviet avant-garde, this masterful mixture of prose and poetry, excerpts from private letters and diaries, and quotes from newspapers and NKVD ...

  • Leningrad: State of Siege
    By Michael Jones

    As winter set in and food supplies dwindled, starvation and panic set in. A specialist in battle psychology and the vital role of morale in desperate circumstances, Michael Jones tells the human story of Leningrad.

  • Leningrad: The Epic Siege of World War II, 1941-1944
    By Anna Reid

    A narrative account of the siege of Leningrad reveals the Nazi decision to starve Leningrad into surrender and related Soviet leadership failures, describing the harrowing experiences of residents within the blockaded city.

  • Leningrad: Hero City
    By Nik Cornish

    And rarely has the compelling story of the siege been told through graphic wartime photographs like those that author Nik Cornish has collected for this book.