872 days under continuous sounds of metronome Blocked Leningrad continued to live. Three and a half years, the city resisted hunger, while maintaining humanity. The experiences of people in the photographs of the time - in the editorial material 24cm.
Remember ...
By September 8, 1941, more than 2.5 million people were listed in Leningrad. According to historians estimates, 1.5 million died in a blockade city. On some days, the number of victims reached 7 thousand. 97% of the townspeople died of hunger.
City housing
In the years of the siege, more than 250 thousand shells were reset. Bombing lasted 611 days.
13 hours 14 minutes did the enemy bombing in August 1943 lasted. Leningrad threw 2000 shells.
125 grams - the minimum bread rate, which consisted of a mixture of flour and impurities, the norm of workers - twice as high. However, the workers were forced to eat bread straight at the machine.
Frosts stood in the first military winter. For more than a week, the thermometer column fell below 30 degrees. What survived Leningrads in the winter of 1941-1942, burning in the choke-bourgearies, everything that burned, remains to guess.
The city is alive
1500 loudspeakers hung on the walls of Leningrad. Radio broadcast was continuous. When the broadcast was discontinued, there was a knock of the metronome, which was compared with the heart of the city. The rhythm was determined when it was time to descend into bomb shelter.
95 thousand children were born in Blood Leningrad. The pediatric institute was kept three thoroughbred cows to decor the kids with fresh milk.
By winter, 1943-1944, 500 tram wagons were rounding on 12 routes.
The city will live
Despite the problems with food, daily from 300 inhabitants handed over blood, sacrificing the money to the defense fund. The Leningrad Donor plane built on the means of the blockadicists.
In the summer of 1942, a zoo opened, in which 162 animals were exhibited. Employees retained the life of a young Pavian-Gamadril, feeding the baby with milk from the Leningrad Hospital.
On August 9, 1942, Symphony No. 7 was broadcast on loudspeakers. During the broadcast, the inhabitants of the city enjoyed music 70 minutes in absolute silence.
In 1942, 60 tanks were sent from the besieged city to the front, 2,200 machine guns, 1.7 million shells and mines.
Men died more than women. After the discontinuation of the blockade of the woman was most of the population.