On January 27, 1962, a concert at the Maly Theatre in Leningrad is interrupted when a gunman forces his way inside. Upon arrest, at the police station, the former state prisoner recalls the summer of 1941... When the German army began its invasion of Soviet Russia, four children were evacuated to the countryside: Maxim, the son of a senior Communist Party official; Pyotr, the son of writers;... En lire plus
T1 The Lions of Leningrad
On January 27, 1962, a concert at the Maly Theatre in Leningrad is interrupted when a gunman forces his way inside. Upon arrest, at the police station, the former state prisoner recalls the summer of... En lire plus
T2 The Lions of Leningrad
Leningrad, 1962. Kalinka "Anka" Alexandrovna, leader of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, marches into the police station, where a vagabond is being questioned. The man was arrested after forcing... En lire plus
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A bouncy and easy-to-read story in two volumes of teenage courage, friendship and bravado at the heart of the most terrible siege of the Second World War, the siege of Leningrad. The blockade became one of the longest and most destructive in history, and possibly the costliest in casualties suffered: 872 days, and about 1,5 million civilians. ***** January 1962. Anka Alexandrovna, first violin of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra,... En lire plus