“One of the most oft-quoted records of the siege, scribbled in pencil over the pages of a pocket address book, is that kept by twelve-year-old Tanya Savicheva: 28 December 1941 at 12.30 a.m. – Zhenya died. 25 January 1942 at… — Anna Reid Copy Share Image
“At this period, too, Leningraders resorted to their most desperate food substitutes, scraping dried glue from the underside of wallpaper and boiling up shoes… — Anna Reid Copy Share Image
“One of the most oft-quoted records of the siege, scribbled in pencil over the pages of a pocket address book, is that kept by… — Anna Reid Copy Share Image
“Shelling, many felt, was actually worse than bombing, since bombardments were not preceded by an alarm. From 4 September to the end of the… — Anna Reid Copy Share Image
“Unlike other dictators, Stalin and his satraps never made the mistake of believing themselves beloved -- on the contrary they saw plots under every… — Anna Reid Copy Share Image
