People in the rear worked tirelessly to ensure that the Red Army did not need anything. At the same time, they used every ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. There’s nothing like the siege of Leningrad to put our current woes (and winter) into perspective.

In the late summer of 1941, German troops surrounded Leningrad – the Russian city now known as St Petersburg – with a plan to starve its population into submission. So began the longest ...

At just under 900 days, the 1941-1944 siege of Leningrad (today’s St Petersburg) stands as the longest blockade in history, and one of the horrifying events in a world war littered with atrocities.

Putin was born and raised in Leningrad, and his World War II veteran father suffered wounds while fighting for the city. Blockade survivor Irina Zimneva, 85, told The Associated Press that she’s ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that "many European countries" were complicit in the Siege of Leningrad during World War II. This statement was made by Putin during the 80th ...

Germany has so far failed do the same with regard to the siege of Leningrad and other crimes against the peoples of the Soviet Union committed during World War II. Russia insists that Germany ...

To register your interest please contact collegesales@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching. The siege of Leningrad constituted one of the most dramatic episodes of World War ...