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Lidiya Leonidovna Slonimskaya's memoirs of the siege were written immediately after the war, drawing on diaries and family correspondence. They are subjective, like any memoir, but their frankness, and at times their ruthlessness, stem from a love for her native Petersburg—Leningrad—her roots, her family, and those dear to her. Their intimate tone allows one to experience a time of war difficult to describe, and to try to mentally put oneself in the shoes of the Leningraders fighting for their lives and the lives
of their loved ones.

"...Both my husband and I—we are both destroyed people. I know I have taken on an impossible task. The siege awaits its bard—one of the caliber of Dostoevsky and Blok. I have merely described our shared share of misfortune and the scenes and encounters that have come my way."
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