saint petersburg (russia)

Presents the true story the World War II siege of Leningrad, and the triumph of bravery and defiance in the face of terrifying odds.

Depicts one day from dawn until night in one boy's life in the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia.

When they are transported to St. Petersburg, Russia, twins Maisie and Felix meet Anastasia Romanov and experience a world filled with palaces and privilege.

Explores some of St. Petersburg's most important cultural sites. Known as a window on Europe by Peter the Great, the program focuses on the artists, craftsmen, philosophers and scientists who moved to the thriving metropolis. A cultural center emerged when many in the arts, sciences and literature brought to St. Petersburg new ideas combined with old eastern traditions.

Chronicles the three-year struggle to decide the fate of Leningrad, covering well- and little-known battles, partisan fighting in the countryside, conditions within the city, and the fate of purged Soviet officers, and includes top-secret planning documents, each side's order of battle, and military and civilian casualty data.

A comprehensive narrative of the siege of Leningrad by Adolf Hitler's armies in September 1941, his plan of eradicating the entire population of the city, and the determination of the Soviet people to persevere.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of Leningrad in 1941, a novel of love and war follows the Levin family--twenty-two year-old Anna, her young brother Kilya, and their father, Mikhail--as they struggle to survive during the German siege.