For those who cannot visit the excursion “Gardens of the Russian Museum during the Siege of Leningrad” this year, we offer a virtual version.

The article “Summer in Leningrad” was published in the Pravda newspaper on July 11, 1943. In the publication, correspondent Daniil Markovich Rudnev describes the situation in besieged Leningrad in the summer of 1943. What events took place in the city at that time, described by the author of the article.

The city is regularly bombarded by German long-range artillery, but after the shelling, life in the city resumes. An orchestra is playing in the Rest Garden. The Zoological Garden is open for visiting, and children joyfully look at the animals. The author mentions Evdokia Ivanovna Dasheva, who saved the hippopotamus during the blockade. He writes about a researcher at the zoo, Nikolai Leonidovich Sokolov, who proposed a method for feeding predators with a fish-vegetable mixture. The author writes about the Summer Garden: “it pleases with cleanliness and health.” The gardener Peter Kondratyevich Lobanov is looking after the garden. The author also mentions the repair of buildings and roads in the city. Describes Daniil Markovich and improving the nutrition of Leningraders. Quote: “In the Pediatric Institute, children are given strawberries for their third …”. The correspondent of the Pravda newspaper also visited an ice cream factory, where three varieties of ice cream were produced.

The whole article is permeated with optimism – Leningrad survived, the city is alive.

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