1939-1945 (Great Patriotic War) - History, European Theater - World War II - Soviet Union & Eastern Front, Saint Petersburg - History
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Overview
During the World War II siege of Leningrad, a young Russian nurse finds a nearly starved orphan boy--Shurik--in the rubble of a bombed-out apartment house. With honesty and humor, Kyra Wayne recalls a brutal period of Soviet history when scarcity of such basics as food, water and heat drove people to the heights of courage or cowardice.A Russian actress and nurse tells of her experience caring for an orphan boy during part of the three-year siege of Leningrad.
Book Details
Published
May 1, 1992
Publisher
Lyons and Burford Publishers
Pages
224
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781558211445