Mu 1919, nkhondo yoyamba yapadziko lonse itatha, England ndi France adafuna kuti Germany isayine mgwirizanowu posachedwa. M'dziko lomwe lidagonjetsedwa panthawiyi panali zovuta ndi chakudya, ndipo ogwirizanawo, kuti athetse mphamvu yaku Germany, adaletsa zoyendera ndi chakudya chopita ku Germany. Kumbuyo kwa maphwando omenyera nkhondo, panali kale mpweya, komanso chopukusira nyama cha Verdun, ndi zochitika zina zomwe zidapha miyoyo mamiliyoni ambiri. Ndipo Prime Minister waku Britain Lloyd George adadabwa kuti kuti akwaniritse zolinga zandale, miyoyo ya anthu wamba iyenera kukhala pachiwopsezo.
Zaka zoposa 30 zidadutsa, ndipo asitikali a Hitler adazungulira Leningrad. Ajeremani omwewo, omwe anali ndi njala mu 1919, sikuti adangokakamiza anthu okhala mu mzinda wa mamiliyoni atatu kuti afe ndi njala, komanso amawombera mfuti pafupipafupi.
Koma okhala ndi oteteza a Leningrad adapulumuka. Zomera ndi mafakitale zidapitiliza kugwira ntchito mosapilira, mopanda umunthu, ngakhale mabungwe asayansi sanasiye ntchito. Ogwira ntchito ku Institute of Plant Viwanda, omwe munasungidwa ndalama zawo makumi makumi a nyemba zodyeramo, adamwalira pomwepo, koma adasunga zonsezo. Ndipo ndi ngwazi zomwezo pankhondo ya Leningrad, ngati asitikali omwe adakumana ndi imfa atanyamula zida m'manja.
1. Poyambira, tsiku loyambira kutsekedwa limawerengedwa kuti ndi Seputembara 8, 1941 - Leningrad adatsala osalumikizana ndi dziko lonse lapansi. Ngakhale zinali zosatheka kuti anthu wamba atuluke mumzinda nthawi imeneyo kwa milungu iwiri.
2. Tsiku lomwelo, Seputembara 8, moto woyamba udayambika m'malo osungira chakudya ku Badayevsky. Adawotcha ufa wambiri, shuga, maswiti, makeke ndi zakudya zina. Pamlingo womwe tingaganizire kuchokera mtsogolo, ndalamazi sizikanapulumutsa a Leningrad onse ku njala. Koma anthu masauzande ambiri akanapulumuka. Ngakhale atsogoleri azachuma, omwe sanabalalitse chakudya, kapena ankhondo, sanagwire ntchito. Ndi zida zabwino kwambiri zodzitchinjiriza mlengalenga, asitikali adachita zophulika zingapo ndi ndege ya fascist, yomwe idaphulitsa bomba m'malo osungira chakudya.
3. Hitler sanafune kulanda Leningrad osati pazifukwa zandale zokha. Mzinda wa Neva unali kunyumba yamabizinesi ambiri achitetezo otsutsa Soviet Union. Nkhondo zodzitchinjiriza zidapangitsa kuti atulutse mafakitale 92, koma pafupifupi 50 enanso adagwira ntchito panthawi yotsekereza, ndikupereka zida zoposa 100, zida ndi zipolopolo. Chomera cha Kirov, chomwe chimapanga akasinja olemera, chinali 4 km kuchokera kutsogolo, koma sichinasiye kugwira ntchito kwa tsiku limodzi. Pakati pa blockade, sitima zankhondo zam'madzi 7 komanso zombo zina pafupifupi 200 zidamangidwa kumalo oyendetsa sitima za Admiralty.
4. Kuchokera kumpoto, blockade idaperekedwa ndi asitikali aku Finland. Pali malingaliro okhudzana ndi olemekezeka ena a a Finns ndi wamkulu wawo Marshal Mannerheim - sanapitirire malire a dziko lakale. Komabe, kuopsa kwa sitepe iyi kunakakamiza lamulo la Soviet kuti likhale ndi magulu akuluakulu kumpoto kwa malowa.
5. Imfa yomvetsa chisoni m'nyengo yozizira ya 1941/1942 idathandizidwa ndi kutentha kotsika modabwitsa. Monga mukudziwa, kulibe nyengo yabwino kumpoto kwa Capital, koma nthawi zambiri sipamakhala chisanu choopsa. Mu 1941, adayamba mu Disembala ndikupitilira mpaka Epulo. Nthawi yomweyo, kunkagwa chipale chofewa. Zomwe thupi lanjala limazizira zimatha pa mphepo yamkuntho - anthu amafera panjira, matupi awo amatha kugona mumsewu kwa sabata. Amakhulupirira kuti m'nyengo yozizira yoyipa kwambiri ya blockade, anthu opitilira 300,000 adamwalira. Pomwe nyumba zatsopano za ana amasiye zidakonzedwa mu Januwale 1942, zidapezeka kuti ana 30,000 adasiyidwa opanda makolo.
6. Chakudya chochepa kwambiri cha 125 g chimakhala ndi theka la ufa wokwanira. Ngakhale ufa wokwana matani chikwi chimodzi womwe udasungidwa m'malo osungira a Badayev adagwiritsidwanso ntchito ngati ufa. Ndipo kuti mugwiritse ntchito 250 g, kunali kofunika kugwira ntchito tsiku lonse. Pazinthu zina zonse, zinthu zidalinso zowopsa. M'mwezi wa Disembala - Januware, palibe nyama, mafuta, kapena shuga omwe amaperekedwa. Kenako zina mwazinthuzi zidawoneka, koma zomwezo, kuyambira gawo limodzi mpaka theka la makhadi adagulidwa - sizinali zokwanira pazinthu zonse. (Ponena za zikhalidwe, ziyenera kufotokozedwa: zinali zochepa kuyambira Novembala 20 mpaka Disembala 25, 1941. Kenako pang'ono, koma zimawonjezeka)
7. Leningrad atazunguliridwa, zinthu zinagwiritsidwa ntchito mwakhama popanga chakudya, chomwe panthawiyo chinkatengedwa ngati cholowa m'malo mwa chakudya, ndipo tsopano chikugwiritsidwa ntchito ngati zinthu zopangira zofunikira. Izi zikugwiritsidwa ntchito ku soya, albin, mapadi a chakudya, keke ya thonje ndi zinthu zina zingapo.
8. Asitikali aku Soviet Union sanakhale pansi podzitchinjiriza. Kuyesera kupyola malowa kunkachitika nthawi zonse, koma 18 Army ya Wehrmacht inatha kulimbikitsa ndi kubwezeretsa ziwopsezo zonse.
9. M'ngululu ya 1942, olamulira a Leningrad omwe adapulumuka nthawi yozizira adakhala osamalira komanso odula mitengo. Mahekitala 10,000 adapatsidwa minda yamasamba; Matani 77,000 a mbatata adachotsedwa m'dzinja. Pofika nyengo yozizira adadula nkhalango kuti apeze nkhuni, adagwetsa nyumba zamatabwa ndikutola peat. Magalimoto a Tram adayambiranso pa 15 Epulo. Nthawi yomweyo, ntchito ya fakitale ndi mafakitale idapitilirabe. Chitetezo chamzindawu chimasinthidwa nthawi zonse.
10. Nyengo yozizira ya 1942/1943 idadutsa mosavuta ngati mawuwa atha kugwiritsidwa ntchito ku mzinda wokhala ndi zipolopolo komanso wophulitsidwa ndi bomba. Maulendo ndi mayendedwe amadzi adagwira ntchito, chikhalidwe ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu zinali zowala, ana amapita kusukulu. Ngakhale kulowetsa amphaka ku Leningrad adalankhula za kukhazikika kwa moyo - panalibenso njira ina yothanirana ndi makoswe ambiri.
11. Nthawi zambiri zimalembedwa kuti ku Leningrad atazingidwa, ngakhale panali zinthu zabwino, kunalibe miliri. Izi ndizofunikira kwambiri kwa madokotala, omwe adalandiranso magalamu 250 - 300 a mkate. Kufalikira kwa typhoid ndi typhus, kolera ndi matenda ena adalembedwa, koma sanaloledwe kukhala mliri.
12. The blockade idasweka koyamba pa Januware 18, 1943. Komabe, kulumikizana ndi kumtunda kunakhazikitsidwa kokha pagawo laling'ono la Nyanja ya Ladoga. Komabe, misewu idakhazikika pamzerewu, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti kuthamangitsidwe kwa Leningrader ndikuthandizira kupezeka kwa anthu omwe adatsalira mumzinda.
13. Kuzingidwa kwa mzinda ku Neva kunatha pa Januware 21, 1944, pomwe Novgorod adamasulidwa. Chitetezo chomvetsa chisoni komanso champhamvu chamasiku 872 choteteza Leningrad chatha. Januware 27 ndi tsiku losaiwalika - tsiku lomwe zophulitsa moto zidagunda ku Leningrad.
14. "Road of Life" inali ndi nambala 101. Katundu woyamba adanyamulidwa ndi miyala yokokedwa ndi mahatchi pa Novembala 17, 1941, pomwe makulidwe a ayezi amafikira masentimita 18. Pofika kumapeto kwa Disembala, chiwongola dzanja cha Road of Life chinali matani 1,000 patsiku. Kufikira anthu 5,000 adatengedwa kupita kwina. Zonse pamodzi, m'nyengo yozizira ya 1941/1942, katundu woposa matani 360,000 adaperekedwa ku Leningrad ndipo anthu oposa 550,000 adatulutsidwa.
Pa milandu ya ku Nuremberg, apolisi a Soviet analengeza kuti pali anthu 632,000 omwe anaphedwa ku Leningrad. Mwachidziwikire, nthumwi za USSR zidalongosola zakufa zomwe zidalembedwa panthawiyo. Chiwerengero chenicheni chikhoza kukhala miliyoni imodzi kapena 1.5 miliyoni. Ambiri adamwalira kale pothawa ndipo samawerengedwa kuti adamwalira nthawi yomwe anali atatsekedwa. Zotayika za asitikali ndi anthu wamba pantchito yoteteza ndi kumasula Leningrad zimapitilira kuwonongeka konse kwa Britain ndi United States panthawi yachiwiri yapadziko lonse.
