List of Maps . . ix 
Acknowledgments . . xi 
Note on Transliteration . . xv 
Note on the Documents . . xvii 
Soviet Terminology, Acronyms, and Abbreviations . . xix 
List of Documents . . xxi 
Chronology of the Leningrad Blockade . . xxvii 

INTRODUCTION . . 1
CHAPTER 1. Leningrad During the Second World War and Its Aftermath . . 15  
CHAPTER 2. Who Ruled Leningrad? . . 78 
CHAPTER 3. Policies of Total War . . 184 
CHAPTER 4. The Struggle to Survive . . 262
CHAPTER 5. The Popular Mood . . 329
CHAPTER 6. The Question of Organized Opposition . . 368 
CONCLUSIONS . . 404 

APPENDIX A. Daily Bread Rations . . 413 
APPENDIX B. Official Monthly Rations for Food Other than Bread . . 414 
APPENDIX c. Rations Actually Distributed Other than Bread, : January-3i March 1942, According to Leningradskaia Pravda . . 416 

Notes . . 419 
Bibliography of Sources Cited . . 461 
Index . . 475 

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