Everyday life in wartime Arkhangelsk: The problem of starvation and death during the Second World War (1939–1945)
The article «Everyday Life in Wartime Arkhangelsk: The Problem of Starvation and Death during the Second World War (1939–1945)» is based on primary sources: interviews with eyewitnesses, memoirs, materials of press, diaries and archival documents. During the Second World War more than 40 thousand ci...
| Published in: | Septentrio Conference Series |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Septentrio Academic Publishing
2015
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| Online Access: | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/SCS/article/view/3630 https://doi.org/10.7557/5.3630 |
| Summary: | The article «Everyday Life in Wartime Arkhangelsk: The Problem of Starvation and Death during the Second World War (1939–1945)» is based on primary sources: interviews with eyewitnesses, memoirs, materials of press, diaries and archival documents. During the Second World War more than 40 thousand civilians died in Arkhangelsk (one fourth of its prewar population) because of starvation. This paper is an attempt to explain this phenomenon. |
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