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EPISODE · Jun 15, 2025 · 48 MIN

407 The Siege of Leningrad II

from The History of the Twentieth Century

Hundreds of thousands died in Leningrad during the winter of 1941-42, but with spring came new hope. Composer Dmitri Shostakovich's latest symphony became a patriotic anthem, and not only in the USSR.

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