Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad [Hardcover ed.] 0763668184, 9780763668181

National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson delivers an account of the Siege of Leningrad and the role played by Russian c

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Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad [Hardcover ed.]
0763668184, 9780763668181

In September 1941, Adolf Hitler’s Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destr

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A wonder of the 20th century, composer Dmitri Shostakovich, tells his story to Solomon Volkov for history's record

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Dmitri Shoshtakovich (1906-1975) is recognized as one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century yet few people

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*Includes pictures. *Includes accounts of the siege by citizens, soldiers and important generals. *Includes a bibliograp

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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. The Siege of Leningrad was one of the longest sieges in history a

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The Siege of Leningrad is the most powerful testimony to the immeasurable cruelty and horror of World War II. From 1941-

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The Siege of Leningrad is the most powerful testimony to the immeasurable cruelty and horror of World War II. From 1941-

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This ebook edition first published in 2013. The authors of the celebrated 'London: The Executioner's City

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Alternative look at the efforts to lift one of the most famous sieges of the Second World War. The Battle of Krasny Bor

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