Leningrad battle. Facts and myths with documents and photographs. Myasnikov A.L.

What is the Battle of Leningrad? Why is it considered the most bloody and the most long in the history of the Great Patriotic War, and do not tell little about it and its heroes? The Moscow, Stalingrad and Kursk battles are widely known, and the Battle of Leningrad, they mention casually, focusing only on the blockade - the tragic and heavy page of the battle. The well -known Russian historian Alexander Myasnikov tried to figure this out.

for the first time, one book tells a complete story of the struggle for the legendary city - battles on the approaches to Leningrad, blocked everyday life, confrontation of intelligence, breakthrough of the blockade, full liberation of the city and region And the coercion of Finland to the world.

During the Leningrad Battle, the first Stalinist blow took place, and the first throw of the Soviet soldier on the enemy embrasure and the unprecedented 900 days of the blockade. Read about these and other little -known facts of the Leningrad epic on the pages of the book.