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Saint Petersburg: Sacrifice and Redemption in the City That Defied Hitler

By (author) Sinclair McKay

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Built by slave labour in the early years of the eighteenth century, Saint Petersburg was Peter the Greatâ€™s so-called â€˜window on to Europeâ€™, a city that would outdo all of Europe in its splendour. But a window works both ways, and as bestselling historian Sinclair McKay writes, St Petersburg has always been a city that has drawn Westerners who wanted to see into Russia. It is also a city where much has happened. It was St Petersburg until 1917, Petrograd after the revolution, Leningrad after Leninâ€™s death in 1924, and St Petersburg once again from 1991. This biography of a city stretches from Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin, who was born and made in St Petersburg. The story centres the â€˜900 days and nightsâ€™ of the Siege of Leningrad, 1941â€“44. Unlike Paris or Prague, the Nazis werenâ€™t trying to take over, they wanted to wipe it off the map. According to some, this siege of 1.5 million people â€“ including Putinâ€™s mother â€“ was an attempted genocide. Based on first-hand and many unpublished accounts from figures from all walks of life â€“ irascible authors, factory workers, bakers, furriers, dancers, sailors, grandparents, children â€“ this masterpiece reveals the central importance of St Petersburg over the centuries. This is the story of the city told from the perspective of the people who lived there.

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