Lyudmila Vasilyeva, 84, survived the Siege of Leningrad in World War II as a child. Now, the Russian pensioner has been ...

The 900-day Siege of Leningrad ... With the Russian army unable to provide any relief, Leningrad - now with only enough food to last for a month - was on its own. Bread became the city's ...

There was no food, electricity or water and the first ... One of those was Braun's mother. The Siege of Leningrad ended on January 27, 1944. While the city had suffered vast destruction, it ...

whose brother died in the siege and who was himself born in the devastation of post-war Leningrad. Vasilyeva said her mum "donated blood to get extra food rations". The experience has influenced ...

On September 8th, 1941, the siege’s slow torture began as the Nazis cut off the last road to Leningrad ... he was able to bring home some extra food. We also had rationed bread to eat that ...

Lyudmila Vasilyeva, 84, survived the Siege of Leningrad in World War II as a child. Now, the Russian pensioner has been ...

There was no food, electricity or water and the first winter of the ... One of those was Braun's mother. The Siege of Leningrad ended on January 27, 1944. While the city had suffered vast destruction, ...