• Original research article
  • May 16, 2025
  • Open access

Kronstadt is under siege. 1941-1945. St. Petersburg: OSTROV Publishing House, LLC, 2024. 194 p.: Book review

Abstract

The peer-reviewed publication is a collection of documents and memoirs covering the life of the people of Kronstadt during the 1941-1944 blockade. Despite its small volume, the collection gives the reader an idea of the various aspects of the life and struggle of Kronstadt, which was a stronghold of Russian naval power in the Baltic. The authors of the collection pay special attention to the problem of mobilizing the population to fight the enemy – the creation of a national militia, the development of a donor movement. The collection will be of interest to anyone who studies the history of the Great Patriotic War.

Author information

Alexander Evgenievich Smirnitsky

PhD

Nizhny Novgorod Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

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Publication history

  • Received: May 12, 2025.
  • Published: May 16, 2025.

Keywords

  • история Великой Отечественной войны
  • Кронштадт в блокаде
  • Морской собор
  • Малая дорога жизни
  • history of the Great Patriotic War
  • Kronstadt under siege
  • Naval Cathedral
  • Little Road of Life

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