Tragedy on the Neva. The Shocking Truth About the Siege of Leningrad

Hasso Stakhov experienced all the horrors of war as a young man when he found himself in one of the hottest areas of the Eastern Front — in the Leningrad region. Based on his own impressions, the diaries of other participants in the mentioned events, and using the combat reports of unit and formation commanders preserved in the archives, the author analyzes the phenomenon of the unyielding defense of the Northern capital. The book, which reveals the shocking secrets of the bloody three-year battle that largely determined the outcome of the war, is published in Russian for the first time. It tells of the horrors of the siege, as seen from the enemy's perspective, and the tragedy of the 2nd Shock Army of Vlasov, which perished in an attempt to free the city from the blockade ring.