Sinclair McKay: Saint Petersburg

The story of Saint Petersburg, stretching from its inception as a city built through slavery, from Peter the Great to Vladimir Putin. Using first-hand accounts from all walks of life, Sinclair McKay centres the history on the 900 days of the Leningrad Siege from 1941 – 1944, when over 1.5 million people were besieged by the Nazis, in what has been described as an attempted genocide and an effort to wipe St Petersburg off the map. This is the story of the central importance of St Petersburg over the centuries told from the perspective of the people who lived there.

Book: Saint Petersburg: Sacrifice and Redemption in the City that Defied Hitler (Allen Lane)