DOI 10.51255/2311–603X_2025_3_198
V. L. Piankevich. Light and Darkness in Besieged Leningrad // Petersburg Historical Journal, no. 3,
2025, pp. 198–211
Abstract:
As part of the study of the sensory experience of war and blockade, the article attempts to analyze sensory impressions, the experience of residents of besieged Leningrad staying in conditions of darkness for a long time, the perception and reflection of light and darkness in written and visual sources. Among them are testimonies from the war and blockade time: diaries, letters, regulatory documents of state authorities and administration, works of artists, architects, photographers, as well as transcripts of oral testimonies collected shortly after the blockade and the war, interviews and memories of city residents of a later time.
Key words: The Great Patriotic War, the siege of Leningrad, urban space, perception, historical memory, light, dark.
Author:
Piankevich, Vladimir Leonidovich — Dr. of Sci. in History, Professor at St. Petersburg State
University; Leading Researcher at St. Petersburg Institute of History, Russian Academy of Sciences
(St. Petersburg, Russia).
E-mail: v-pyankevich@yandex.ru
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