Kitaev Joseph Fadeevich, photo of the time of the Leningrad blockade From June 1941 to November 1945 his great-grandfather was a military driver. In 1941, Joseph Fadeevich fought at the Leningrad front. He survived the entire blockade and travelled a lot on the "road of life". He could never swim, so despite orders to drive on the "road of life" with the door open, he always closed it and said that his door would not save him.