Siege of Leningrad

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/siege-of-leningrad

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the location?Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Soviet Union
2. What is the duration?872 days (September 8, 1941 – January 27, 1944)
3. What happened during the Great Leningrad Freeze?The city of Leningrad was surrounded by Axis forces for 872 days, cutting off food and supplies, causing extreme cold and starvation.
4. Why did the city have to use the Road of Life?Because land routes were blocked, the frozen Lake Ladoga became the only way to bring food, fuel, and help into the city.

Operation Barbarossa: The codename for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and its allies, which began on June 22, 1941.
Dystrophy: A medical condition caused by severe malnutrition, characterized by extreme weakness and wasting of the body.
Genocide: The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.
War Crime: An act committed during wartime that violates the laws and customs of war, such as the intentional targeting of civilians.