Time Taught Us. Children of the Blockade

Lev Razumovsky — a Leningrad sculptor who went to the front at 17. In '43, he was just Levushka: raised in warmth and care, adored younger son and brother. He had to prove that he was a man and human with words and fists. But in reality, he became a man earlier — during the blockade, when childhood ended, and the survival of the family depended on him. As long as he had the strength. And when the strength ran out, the doctor told his mother: 'Your son is not sick, he is hungry. If a miracle doesn't happen, he will live for three days.' A miracle happened. Then there was the front, an injury, the loss of his arm, and ten months in hospitals. And then — studies at the Baron Stieglitz College and a long life as an artist. Today, his sculptures are housed in museums around the world, and the toys he invented are known and loved by our grandmothers, parents, and ourselves.

This book — two stories, letters, and drawings of a person who survived because he had will.