Leningrad during World War II

The exhibition marking the 66th Anniversary of the Lifting of the Siege of Leningrad

The exhibition marking the 66th anniversary of the lifting of the Siege of Leningrad was drawn from the collection "Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War" (Leningrad was the name for St. Petersburg in 1924-1990). The collection, held within the Russian holdings, consists of diverse publications related to the defence and the 900-day blockade of Leningrad and printed in the city besieged by the German Wehrmacht from 8 September 1941 until 27 January 1944.
It encompasses a wide variety of material, including books and booklets, periodicals and newspapers, single-sheet broadsides and proclamations, posters and playbills, advertisements and postcards, food and invitation cards, match-box labels, music etc.
This material is a valuable primary research source for the study of the history of the defence of Leningrad, which documents the events, public and national life throughout the period of the World War II.
The collection is intended both for scholars-historians, writers, poets, artists, producers, and for the most general public interesting in the history of the Siege of Leningrad.
The collection is described by alphabetical and thematic catalogues.
You can also use the index Heroic Defence of Leningrad. Leningrad, 1947.

Exhibition Catalogue

"Do Everything in the People's Power to Destroy the Enemy". Joseph Stalin's Speech to the Soviet People. The newspaper Krasnogvardeyskaya pravda. 7 November 1942. Leaflets. 1943 Camouflage of Architectural Monuments against Aerial Bombardment. Leningrad, 1941 Camouflage of Architectural Monuments against Aerial Bombardment. Leningrad, 1941 Postcard. Bombardment of Leningrad. 1942 Citizens of Leningrad Gather Warm Things for Soldiers of the Red Army at the Front. 1941 Leningrad in June 1942. Balloons over the City. Leningrad, Winter, 1942 Women of the City and Leningrad Region Construct Defence Fortifications in Leningrad. 23 November 1941 Sale of Property before an Evacuation from Leningrad. June, 1942 Kindergarten of the Dzerzhinsky District Go for a Walk. May, 1942 Evacuation of the Kindergarten of the Kuybyshev District. July, 1942 Evacuated City's Inhabitants Wait for Transport on Borisova Griva Railway Station. 1942 Evacuation from Leningrad through the Road of Life across the Frozen Lake Ladoga. 1942 Ice Road Truck Driver's Victory Count. 1942-1943 Food Cards of the Citizens of Besieged Leningrad Preparations for a New Year Eve Party. December, 1942 Postcards. New Year's Greetings. 1942-1943. Postcards. 1942-1943 Cultural Life in Besieged Leningrad. 1942-1944 Schedules of the Society of Scientists. 1944 Programme of Lectures and Seminars, Spoken Papers, Tutorial and Studies of the House of the Party Active Members of Leningrad Committee of CPSU (Communist Party of the Soviet Union). 1944 Books Issued in Besieged Leningrad. 1943 Books Issued in Besieged Leningrad. 1943 Propaganda Poster. Leningrad. 1943 Break through the Siege. Leningrad, 1943 Infantry on the Offensive. 1943 State Public Library. Chief Librarians G.A.Ozerova and R.Ya.Minash Sort out Acquired Items. November, 1943 "On the Way to their Kitchen Garden". June, 1943 Leaflets "Advice for the Kitchen Gardener". 1943 Leaflets "Advice for the Kitchen Gardener". 1943 Propaganda Leaflets. 1943-1944 Propaganda Leaflets. 1943-1944 At the Leningrad Front. Artillery Preparation. 1944 Resumption of Tram Traffic along the Section from the Narva Triumphal Gate to the Kirov Plant. March, 1944 In Vorovsky Square (the name for Saint Isaac's Square between 1923 and 1944). January, 1944 Total Lifting of the Siege of Leningrad. 1944 Dzerzhinsky District Crews Rebuild Destroyed House №16 in Saperny (Field-engineer) Lane. 1944 Rebuilding of a Dwelling House in the Primorsky District by the Crew of Carpenters-Soldiers of the Construction Battalion of the Local Anti-aircraft Troops. July, 1944 Restoring the City. July, 1944 Renewal of Trolleybus Overhead Wires. June, 1944 Reconstruction of a Plant. May, 1944 Popkov's Speech at the Meeting Devoted to the Opening of the Exhibition "Heroic Defence of Leningrad". 1944 Poster. 1944 "Medal for the Defence of Leningrad"

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