Defense and the Siege of Leningrad

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Restoration of a destroyed house

Restoration of a destroyed house

Restoration of a destroyed house

Restoration of a destroyed house on Suvorovsky Prospekt

Senior Sergeant H.Z. Mildzikhov, who destroyed 108 German soldiers and officers in one battle. Northwest Front, 1942. Photograph by R. Carmen. State Archive (RGAKFD)

Senior Sergeant H. Z. Mildzikhov who destroyed 108 German soldiers and officers in one battle

Soviet artillery units move to firing positions across the ice of the Ilmen Lake

Anti-aircraft gunners guarding Leningrad from Hitler aircraft raids at the guns

Sappers A. N. Zhdanov and Ya. P. Totmyanin lay mines on the approaches to the wire entanglements in one of the sections of the Leningrad front

Car moves to Leningrad along the Ladoga road flooded with water

After breaking the blockade people cover up the inscription on the wall saying about danger of artillery shelling in front of the Lensovet theatre

Women dismantle a protective wall at the window of the Eliseevsky store

After bombing on Moskovsky Prospekt

Rolling up the shell hole on St. Isaac's Square (asphalting)

Roofers team repairing the roof of the Leningrad City Executive Committee (the former Mariinsky Palace)

Restoration works on Nevsky Prospekt ("Barrikada" cinema theatre). House in scaffolding

Car traffic across the Ladoga road, at the junction. On the left - 3 direction signs, the nearest marked "To Kobona", and the traffic guide on the right. Winter, 1941-1942.

"Road of Life" across the Ladoga. At the wharf in spring. 1941-1942.

Column of ZIS-5 trucks on the ice across the Ladoga in winter. 1941-1942.

Entrance to the ice of "Road of Life". Crossing the railway tracks. Entrance gate in the background.

The Ladoga road. Works around the hole - boards laying across the hole

Restoration of a destroyed house

Restoration of a destroyed house

Restoration of a destroyed house

Restoration of a destroyed house on Suvorovsky Prospekt

Senior Sergeant H.Z. Mildzikhov, who destroyed 108 German soldiers and officers in one battle. Northwest Front, 1942. Photograph by R. Carmen. State Archive (RGAKFD)

Senior Sergeant H. Z. Mildzikhov who destroyed 108 German soldiers and officers in one battle

Soviet artillery units move to firing positions across the ice of the Ilmen Lake

Anti-aircraft gunners guarding Leningrad from Hitler aircraft raids at the guns

Sappers A. N. Zhdanov and Ya. P. Totmyanin lay mines on the approaches to the wire entanglements in one of the sections of the Leningrad front

Car moves to Leningrad along the Ladoga road flooded with water

After breaking the blockade people cover up the inscription on the wall saying about danger of artillery shelling in front of the Lensovet theatre

Women dismantle a protective wall at the window of the Eliseevsky store

After bombing on Moskovsky Prospekt

Rolling up the shell hole on St. Isaac's Square (asphalting)

Roofers team repairing the roof of the Leningrad City Executive Committee (the former Mariinsky Palace)

Restoration works on Nevsky Prospekt ("Barrikada" cinema theatre). House in scaffolding

Car traffic across the Ladoga road, at the junction. On the left - 3 direction signs, the nearest marked "To Kobona", and the traffic guide on the right. Winter, 1941-1942.

"Road of Life" across the Ladoga. At the wharf in spring. 1941-1942.

Column of ZIS-5 trucks on the ice across the Ladoga in winter. 1941-1942.

Entrance to the ice of "Road of Life". Crossing the railway tracks. Entrance gate in the background.

The Ladoga road. Works around the hole - boards laying across the hole

After breaking the blockade people cover up the inscription on the wall saying about danger of artillery shelling in front of the Lensovet theatre

After breaking the blockade people cover up the inscription on the wall saying about danger of artillery shelling in front of the Lensovet theatre

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