EPISODE · Jan 28, 2011 · 8 MIN
The siege of Leningrad
from Witness History: World War Two history · host BBC World Service
When Leningrad was cut off from the rest of Russia by German troops during World War Two, one third of its population died.Some were killed in the fighting, but most died of hunger.(Photo: Two women collect remains of a dead horse for food, during the siege of Leningrad) (Credit: World History Archive/TopFoto)
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