The Leningrad Defense
17 hrs. 16 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Vladimir Beshanov
Author
Vladimir Beshanov
Narrator
Elizaveta Krupina
Narrator
Elizaveta Krupina
Description
This book is interesting because the author made the main subject not the life of besieged Leningrad (which has been covered by many publications), but the fighting in the distant and near approaches to Russia’s northern capital. He begins his analysis from the moment German troops invaded the Baltic region in June 1941 and ends with the Mga operation in July–August 1943.
The book is written using the memoirs of Soviet and German commanders; the recollections of rank-and-file participants in the battles; and official documents, including NKVD documents declassified only in recent years.
It vividly shows how enormous a price the peoples of the USSR had to pay for victory in the Great Patriotic War—and provides an explanation of the reasons for it. The manuscript of the book received approval from a number of veterans who took part in the heroic defense of Leningrad, as well as from academic staff of museums in Saint Petersburg who study this issue. It is intended for a wide readership.
The book is written using the memoirs of Soviet and German commanders; the recollections of rank-and-file participants in the battles; and official documents, including NKVD documents declassified only in recent years.
It vividly shows how enormous a price the peoples of the USSR had to pay for victory in the Great Patriotic War—and provides an explanation of the reasons for it. The manuscript of the book received approval from a number of veterans who took part in the heroic defense of Leningrad, as well as from academic staff of museums in Saint Petersburg who study this issue. It is intended for a wide readership.
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