Siege and Survival: The Odyssey of a Leningrader

by Elena Skrjabina (Editor)

Overview

Elena Skrjabina's struggle to survive World War II began in 1941, with the blockade of Leningrad, which is described in this section of her diary. Elena, her two sons and mother follow a trail of terror across Lake Ladoga, endure hunger, bombs and the cold before finding safety in Pyatigorsk.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138514522
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/18/2020
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	5.06(w) x 7.81(h) x (d)

About the Author

Madame Elena Skrjabina has been Professor of Russian at the University of Iowa since 1960. Norman Luxenburg, the translator, is Chairman of the Department of Russian at Iowa."

Table of Contents

Leningrad, June 22 1941 to February 6,1942, Exodus February 6 to May 2, 1942, Pyatigorsk May 3 to August 9,1942, Epilogue

Editorial Reviews

"Beautifully written and highly readable, this is an outstanding work by an admirable woman" —Library Journal. "The bitterly ironic note is our recollection, as we read Mrs. Skrjabina's diary, of the glossy and heroic version sponsored by the Communist Party ever since the 1940s in publishing and broadcasting its 'history' of the siege...(this corrective, brief yet enormously effective (tells) us what actually happened in World War II on the banks of the Neva." —Albert Parry, Russian Review.

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