НЕВСКИЙ ПРОСПЕКТ / NEVSKY PROSPEKT: 1942

НЕВСКИЙ ПРОСПЕКТ ЛЕНИНГРАД 1942 ФОТО ЭССА NEVSKY PROSPEKT LENINGRAD 1942 A PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY The siege of Leningrad continues through 1942 and life in the great city is becoming very hard for the civilian population. The two-and-a-half year siege caused the greatest destruction and the largest loss of life ever known in a modern in the city suffered from extreme starvation, especially in the winter of 1941–42. From November 1941 to February 1942 the only food available to the citizen was 125 grams of bread per day, of which 50–60% consisted of sawdust and other inedible admixtures. For about two weeks at the beginning of January 1942, even this food was available only for workers and military personnel. On 9 August 1942, the Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad“ by Dmitri Shostakovich was performed by the Leningrad Radio Orchestra.