Beyond the Siege of Leningrad
Central European University Press (Verlag)
978-963-386-763-1 (ISBN)
In the memoirs, after accounting on her youth spent against the background of the First World War and of the two Russian revolutions of 1917, Evdokiia describes the inferno of the Nazi occupation as experienced in a suburb of Leningrad in 1941-43. She survived for nearly two years almost on the front line, within a few kilometers of the blockade ring. As a medical practitioner, she became useful for the occupational authorities and the ever-shrinking town population, until her family was evacuated to the west in October 1943. Besides hunger, discord, disease, the hunt for food and firewood, along with violence and death, Evdokiia’s account deals with various forms of cooperation between Soviet citizens and the new authorities.
All the events she recalls can be confirmed through other sources. The introduction and the detailed notes to the text help the reader to locate Evdokiia’s recollections in time and place, and situate them in their historical context.
Oleg Beyda is the Hansen Lecturer in Russian History at the University of Melbourne. Pavel Gavrilov is an independent researcher of history of the Soviet partisan movement and the siege of Leningrad, based in Israel.
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Introduction. Beyond the Siege of Leningrad: One Woman’s Life during and after the Occupation
Oleg Beyda and Pavel Gavrilov
A hidden past
Portraits without faces
In the shadow of the blockade
Typical untypical
Speaking Anti-Bolshevik
The city of the poet: At the gates of hell
“The little devils of war”: The mechanics of violence
“Human trash”: Normality and deformity
An (un)sentimental war: The image of womanhood
A “mission for the skilled”: Women under the occupation
The recollections of Evdokiia Vasil’evna Baskakova-Bogacheva
Early Life
Chaos: The First World War, the Civil War, and the early years of Soviet power
In Pushkin: Memory snapshots
They are here: Start of the German occupation
Survival above all: Winter-Spring 1942
Witnessing: A visit to the POW vamp and Dr. Matskevich’s fate
“Poor people”: Navigating between the different occupants
Securing nutrition: More on food
Throwback: 1941
Exit Pushkin: The last year beyond the siege
Bibliography
Index
Erscheinungsdatum | 19.04.2024 |
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Zusatzinfo | 2 Illustrations, unspecified |
Verlagsort | Budapest |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 173 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 963-386-763-0 / 9633867630 |
ISBN-13 | 978-963-386-763-1 / 9789633867631 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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