The new book “Leningrad i leningradtsy v gody Velikoi Otechestvennoi voiny 1941-1945” (“Leningrad and Leningraders in the years of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945”)composed by A.N. Tchistikov in collaboration with E.P. Shelaeva and D.P. Mitiurin has been published by ANO ROSSICA “Liki” (ISBN 978-5-87417-610-5).

The publication incorporates historical essays, documents from state and private archives, diaries and memoirs of Leningrad citizens, which outline different aspects of the everyday life of the city in the years 1941-1945. The book has a wide range of illustrative materials (more than 650 images) including archival and modern photographs, sketches, engravings, posters and paintings of war and post-war periods.

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