Life and death in besieged Leningrad, 1941-44
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York |
Publication Dates: | 2005. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Studies in Russian and East European history and society |
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Carrier Form: | xxvii, 243 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: | 1403901422 (cloth) |
Index Number: | K512 |
CLC: | K512.54 |
Call Number: | K512.54/L722 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-238) and index. Introduction : Leningrad's place in the history of famine / John Barber -- The demographic situation and healthcare on the eve of war ; Assessing the scale of famine and death in the besieged city / Nadezhda Cherepenina -- Evacuation from Leningrad to Kostroma in 1941-42 / Mikhail Frolov -- Medical research institutes during the siege / Andrei Dzeniskevich -- Physiological and psychosomatic prerequisites for survival and recovery / Svetlana Magaeva -- The work of civilian and military pathologists / Vadim Chirsky -- The impact of the siege on the physical development of children / Igor Kozlov and Alla Samsonova -- Long-term effects of lengthy starvation in childhood among survivors of the siege / Lidiya Khoroshinina -- Crime during the siege / Boris Belozerov. |