Seventy years ago, on January 27, 1944, Soviet forces definitively broke the 872-day Siege of Leningrad, as St. Petersburg was then known. Up to 1.5 million people were killed during the devastating 1941-1944 siege of Russia’s second city by Nazi Germany. Only 3 percent of them were killed by air strikes and artillery bombardments: The remaining 97 percent starved or froze to death. This RIA Novosti photo essay shows life in Leningrad during those terrible days. Photo: City residents drag a corpse along Nevsky Prospekt, the city’s main street. 01.04.1942.
During the siege, antitank hedgehogs, dragon’s teeth and barricades were put up at all entrances to the city. Leningrad, October 1941.
A nurse with a stretcher rushes toward an injured man. 01.09.1942.
A stenciled street sign reading: “Citizens! This side of the street is more dangerous during artillery bombardment.” 10.12.1942
A Leningrad street pictured after a German artillery bombardment. 01.01.1942.
An anti-aircraft gun and streetcar No. 12 in Leningrad. October 1942.
Residents of besieged Leningrad line up for water. 01.02.1942.
Soldiers set up a barrage balloon on Nevsky Prospekt during the siege. 19.09.1941.
City residents undergo general military training on the square in front of the Alexandriinsky Theater. Leningrad, October 1941
Monuments such as the one to Czar Nicholas I on St. Isaac’s Square were boarded up to conceal and protect them during the siege. March 1, 1943
Red Army soldiers link up after breaking the Siege of Leningrad. Reproduction of a 1944 photo
http://en.ria.ru/photolents/20140127/186949535_1/Leningrad-under-Siege.html
Ενα καταπληκτικό φωτογραφικό αφιέρωμα για την πολιορκία στο Λένινγκραντ.... Συμπληρώνονται 70 χρόνια απο τότε.
During the siege, antitank hedgehogs, dragon’s teeth and barricades were put up at all entrances to the city. Leningrad, October 1941.
A nurse with a stretcher rushes toward an injured man. 01.09.1942.
A stenciled street sign reading: “Citizens! This side of the street is more dangerous during artillery bombardment.” 10.12.1942
A Leningrad street pictured after a German artillery bombardment. 01.01.1942.
An anti-aircraft gun and streetcar No. 12 in Leningrad. October 1942.
Residents of besieged Leningrad line up for water. 01.02.1942.
Soldiers set up a barrage balloon on Nevsky Prospekt during the siege. 19.09.1941.
City residents undergo general military training on the square in front of the Alexandriinsky Theater. Leningrad, October 1941
Monuments such as the one to Czar Nicholas I on St. Isaac’s Square were boarded up to conceal and protect them during the siege. March 1, 1943
Red Army soldiers link up after breaking the Siege of Leningrad. Reproduction of a 1944 photo
http://en.ria.ru/photolents/20140127/186949535_1/Leningrad-under-Siege.html
Ενα καταπληκτικό φωτογραφικό αφιέρωμα για την πολιορκία στο Λένινγκραντ.... Συμπληρώνονται 70 χρόνια απο τότε.
