The 900 Days (103 page)

   mobilization in (June 1941)
   morale in

       easing of tension
       June 1941
       Sept. 1941
   New Year's celebration in (1942)
   news of invasion in
       confusion in
       hoarding in
       mixed feelings about
       patriotic reaction
   "open city" proposal for
   opinions on quality of
   police of; see also NKVD
   Pushkin on

    rebuilding of (1943)
    restoration of (1943)
    return of political intrigue to
    shelling of
        July-Aug. 1943
        May Day 1942
        Sept.-Nov. 1941
    siege of
        encirclement of
        October 1941 attempt to break
    Stalin and, see Stalin, Iosif
    suppression of data on blockade of
    Voronov, see Voronov, Marshal N. N.
    Voroshilov and, see Voroshilov, Marshal
            Kliment
    Zhdanov and, see Zhdanov, Andrei
    Zhdanovshchina and
    Zhukov and, see Zhukov, Marshal Georgi
            K.Leningrad (destroyer)

Leningrad (magazine)
Leningrad Communist Party
    death of members of (1942)
    in defense of Leningrad
    guerrilla warfare of
    meeting of (June 21)
    members of, in armed service
    purge of (1948)
Leningrad Military District
    area under
    armies under
    combat alert of
    command problems in
    commanders of
    drain of Northern Front by
    preparations against invasion by
    war with Finland and
LeningradskayaPravda (newspaper)

Lermontov, Mikhail
Lesnik (writer)
Lesueur, Larry
Levin, Boris
Levinson-Lessing, Vladimir T.
Levitan, Yuri
Lewis, Sinclair
Likharev, Boris
Lindemann, Col. Gen. Georg
    liberation of Leningrad and
Liskof, Alfred
Lisovsky, Lt. Col. S. I.
Lithuania
Litvinov (editor)
Loginov, Sergei

Lokshina (thief)
Loman, Yuri
Lomonosov, Mikhail
London, Jack
Lopatin, Maj. Gen. A. I., i66n
Lopatin, Capt. N. G.
Lozin (writer)
Lozovsky, Solomon
L-2 (submarine)
L-5 (submarine)
Lucerne (transport)
Luftwaffe
    blitz of England by (1940-41)
    bombings by
        on anniversary of Revolution (1941)
        of Baltic Fleet

        of Kronstadt
        of Ladoga supply route
        of Leningrad
        of Luga line
        of Mga
        of supply barges for Leningrad-support of assault on Leningrad

        of 21st Armored Corps
        of Zhikharevo
    forces on Northwest Front of
    invasion threat and overflights by

    strafing by
    See also German air units
Luga (transport)
Luga line (Aug. 1941)
    commander of
    creation of
    crumbling of
    forces on
    holding of
    size of
Lukin, Lt. Gen. M. F.
Luknitsky, Pavel
    on Akhmatova
    anniversary of Revolution (1941) and
    barred from front (Jan. 1943)
    bombing of Leningrad and
    city life (July 1942) and
    corpses and
    hunger and
    V. Ketlinskaya and
    Ladoga route and
    on Leningrad
    May Day (1942) and
    New Year's feast (1942) of

    presence of death and
    on preservation of Peterhof
    rationing and
    recapture of Shlisselburg and
    rumors and
    Solyany Park exhibition and
    on Tikhvin victory
    view on estimates of deaths
    war failures and
    as witness to revival of hope (1943)
Lukom, Ye. M.
Lunacharsky (steamer)
Liitzow (cruiser)
Lyapin, Gen.
Lyudnikov, Col. Gen. I.
Madarik, Yuhan (Johannes Lauristan)

Magnitogorsk (freighter)
Maisky, Ivan M.
    invasion warning by
Makarenko (poet)
Makhanov, A. I.
Makogonenko, Georgi
Malandin, Lt. Gen. G. K.
Malenkov, Georgi M.
    ambitions of
    in defense of Leningrad
    invasion and
        as irritation to
        misinterpretation of
        opposed to propaganda about
    Leningrad front and
    orders of Stalin and
    power of
        vicissitudes in
    purges and
    shifting responsibility on others by
    Vlasov and
    Volkhov front and
Malinnikov, Brigadier Commander
Malinovsky, Marshal RodionYa., no
Malkov (composer)
Malyshev, Vyacheslav A.
Mannerheim, Marshal Baron Gustaf
Manstein, Field Marshal Erich von
    as commander
    counterattack of (Sept. 1942)
    driven back (July 1941)
    on invasion
    Russian counteroffensive (June 1941) on
Marat (battleship)

Mardus (tug)
Marinesko, Capt. A. I.
Markevich, Nikolai
Marshak, Samuil

Maslennikov, Col. Gen. I. I.
Mate, Militsa
Matsuoka, Yosuke
Mayakovsky, Vladimir
Maxim Gorky (cruiser)

Meero (transport)
MeinKampf (Hitler)
Mekhlis, Gen. L. Z.
    Iskra operation and
    opinions on
    Volkhov front and
Mendeleyev, Dmitri I.
Meretskov, Marshal Kirill A.

    background of
    conference with Stalin (Dec. 1941)
    encirclement of Second Shock Army and
            (Mar.-Apr. 1942)
    fall of Tikhvin and
    hopes of (Dec. 1941)
    invasion threat and
    in Iskra operation (1943)
    liberation of Leningrad and
    replacement of
    on Gen. Sokolov
    Tikhvin offensive of (Nov.-Dec. 1941)

    Vlasov and
    on Volkhov front
        Russian summer offensive (1942) and

        Russian winter operations (1942) and
Mga
    bombing of
   fall of
    hopes to recapture (Dec. 1941)
    orders to recapture
    recapture of (1944)
Mikhailovsky, Nikolai
    defense of Tallinn and

    mail delivery and
    as war correspondent
        in Leningrad
        on Luga line
Mikhalkov, Sergei
Miklashevsky, I.
Mikoyan, Anastas A.
Milman, Vera
Minsk, bombing of
Minsk (destroyer)
Mironov, V. M.
Mironova, A. N.
Miroshnichenko, Grisha
Mishchenko, L. K.
M-96 (submarine)
Modigliani, Amedeo

Mokhov, Vasily
Mblchanov, Nikolai
Moldavsky, Dmitri
Molotov, Vyacheslav M.
    diplomatic efforts of
        conversations with Hitler
        Russian concessions and
        Schulenburg and
    as Foreign Commissar
    Leningrad defense and
    naval responsibilities of
    Nazi-Soviet pact and (1939)
    speech announcing war (June 22)
    in State Defense Committee
Morozov, Capt. Aleksei
Morozov, Col. D. A.
Morozov, Lt. Gen. Vasily I.
    as commander
    counteroffensive of (June 1941)
    preparations of
Moscow
    Battle of
        Russian offensive in (Dec. 1941)
    defense of
        state of siege ordered (Oct. 1941)
Moscow Military District; see also
            Moscow
Moskalenko, Vice Adm. Mikhail
Moskalenko, Maj. Gen. Mitrofan I.

    in defense of Tallinn
Moskva (gunboat)
Mozhayev, Maj. A. S.
Mukha, Nikolai
Mukhin, Col. G. V.
    in Luga line
Murmansk
Murov, Capt. Mikhail
Mussorgsky, Modest
Mzhavanadze, V. P.
Napoleon I (Emperor)

Nationalist organizations (in Baltic countries), opposed to Russia
Naumova, Varvara
Navoi, Alisher
Nazarov, Gen.
Nazi-Soviet pact (1939)
Negrin, Juan
Nekrasov, Nikolai
Nekrich, A. M.
Nesvitsky, N. N.
Nevsky, Alexander (Alexander Yaroslavovich)

Nicholas I (Czar)
Nicholas II (Czar)
Nijinsky, Vaslav
Nikishev, Gen. D. N.
    in defense of Leningrad
    invasion and
    on reserves for Luga line
Nikitin (soldier)
Nikitin, N. N.
Nikolayev, A. A.
Nikolayev, Gen.
Nikolayev, Kurakin
Nikolayev, Leonid V.
Nikolayevna, Lyubov
Nikolayevna, Vera
Nikolsky, Aleksandr
Nikolsky, Vera
NKGB (intelligence agency)
    in Baltic states
    invasion threat and intelligence
        reports of
NKVD (secret police)
    in defense of Leningrad
        construction of defenses by
        fortifications work and
    forces of see also Russian
                     Army units—divisions
    invasion threat and
        German officials and
    labor force of
    purges and
        army purges
        in Baltic states
    security maintained by
        in Leningrad
        in Riga
    song-and-dance ensemble of
    Tallinn and
    well-fed members of
Northern Fleet
    alert of (1941)
    combat alert to
    commander of
    drain on
    invasion threat and
        reconnaissance by
    retreat of
    shifting troops to (Aug. 1941)
Northwest Front
    aircraft on
    change in command on
    counteroffensive on (June 1941)
    penetration into (June 25)
    retreat from (July 1941)
Norway
Nosenko, Ivan I.
Novikov, Lt. Gen. A. A.
Niirnberg (cruiser)

October Revolution (battleship)

Odessa, bombing of
Odessa Military District, combat alert of
Odintsov, Gen. Georgi F.
   on Govorov
    in Iskra operation
   liberation of Leningrad and
    use of artillery and
OGPU
Oka (mine layer)
Oktyabrsky, Fleet Commander F. S.
Oleinikov, Nikolai M.
On Guard of the Fatherland (newspaper)
Orbeli, Iosif
    documents on blockade and
    evacuation of art objects by
    meeting with Zhebelev of
   Navoi festival and
    Nizami anniversary and
   working habits of
Orlov, Count
Orlov, Adm. V. M.
Orlova, Edik
Osipanov, Vasily
Osipov, Ilyusha
Osipov, L.
Osipova, Dina
Osovsky, Anatoly
Ots, Karl M.
Ott, Hermann
Otto Schmidt (transport)
Pakulin, Vyacheslav
Panchenko, Col. M. D.
    defense of Leningrad and
Panfllov, Yevgeny
Panteleyev, Aleksandr
Panteleyev, Leonid
Panteleyev, Vice Adm. Yuri A.briefcase of, as food

    in defense of Leningrad
        breaking of siege and
        scuttling of Baltic Fleet and
    in defense of Tallinn
        evacuation of ships and
    invasion and
        Baltic deployment and
    operation to destroy Baltic Fleet and
Parafilo, Col. T. M.
Patterson, Jefferson
Paul, Prince (of Yugoslavia)
Paulus, Field Marshal Friedrich von
Pavlenko, Nikolai

Pavlov, Gen. Dmitri G.
execution of
experience of, no
reactions to German attack of
replacement of
Pavlov, Dmitri V.
defense of Volkhov and (Nov. 1941)
estimate of deaths by (Jan.-Feb. 1942)
food supplies and
dwindling (Nov. 1941)
increase in rations and (Dec. 1941),
measures taken by
rationing of
on scarcity
Ladoga route and
mood of population and
on museum of war (1957)
on recapture of Tikhvin
substitute ration cards and
Pavlov, Ivan P.
Pavlov, N. N.
Pavlov, Maj. Gen. V. F.
Pavlov, V. I.
Pavlova, Anna M.
Pavlovskaya, Klavdiya
Pavlovsky, Maj. Mikhail
Peisin, A.
Peltser, Nina
People's Volunteers
ability of
additional divisions of
on Luga line
origin of
Peter and Paul Fortress
Peter the Great
Peter III (Czar)
Petrograd, see Leningrad
Petropavlovsk (cruiser)
Petrov (writer)
Petrova, Mariya
Petrovsky, Aleksei
Pikker (packet)
Pilipets, Col. N. M.
Pilyugin (director of Bolshoi)
Piotrovsky, B. B.
Pitersky, Capt. N. A.
Piven, Andrei
Podlutsky, Col.
Pogorely, Andrei
Poland
attack on (1939)
German troop concentrations in
partitioning of (1939)

Polar Star (headquarters ship)
Politburo
    conflict within
    meeting of (June 21)
    State Defense Committee and
Ponomarenko, Panteleimon K., zion
Popkov, Peter S.
    anniversary of Revolution and (1941)
    crimes for food and
    evacuation of writers and
    inoculations and
    Iskra operation and
    May Day (1943) and
    medals given by
    purge of
    reconstruction of city and
    streetcar service and
    supplies for Leningrad and
Popov, Gavriil
Popov, Lt. Gen. Markian M.
    in defense of Leningrad
    fortifications work and
    invasion and
    in Luga line
    opposed to withdrawals from Northern
            Front
    shifting of
Porchunov, Maj. V. A.
Portov, L.
Poskrebyshev, Gen. Aleksandr
    purges and
Potapov, Gen. M. I.
Potekhin, Col. Ya. F.
Potopova, Valya
Pravda (newspaper)
 Prekhner, Misha
 Prokofyev, Aleksandr
 Prokofyev, Sergei
 Pruzhan (worker)
 Pshennikov, Lt. Gen. P. S.
 Pushkin, Alexander
     as legend
     on Leningrad
     on Peter the Great
     on statue of Peter the Great
 Puzerov, Nikolai
 Pyadyshev, Lt. Gen. K. P.
     in Luga line
 Rabinovich, A.
 Radchenko, Lt. Aleksandr
 Railroad Commissariat
 Rakhmanov, Leonid
     Ketlinskaya and
     view of Leningrad

Rakov, Maj.
Rail, Vice Adm. Yu. F.
Rashid Ali (premier of Iraq)
Rastikis, Gen.
Rastrelli, Bartolomeo Count
Razina, Maria
Red Army
    armies of Baltic countries in
    Baltic nationalists opposed to
    deployment of (1941)
    expected collapse of (1941)
    Ladoga route built by
    on Luga line, see Luga line
    October 1941 attempt to break siege of
            Leningrad
    planned offensive of (Dec. 1941)
    police infiltration of
    political seminars in
    purges of (1937-38)
    retreat of (summer 1941)
        losses
        on Northern Front
        panic in
        at Tikhvin
        workers' complaint of
    Stalin's evaluation of (1941)
    tanks of (1941)
    Tikhvin offensive of (Nov.-Dec. 1941)
    understrength of (Dec. 1941)
    war with Finland
     winter 1942 operations of
    See also People's Volunteers; Russian
            army units
 Red Fleet (newspaper)
 Red Star (newspaper)
 Reichardt, Kseniya
 Reichardt, Sergei
 Reid, Mayne
 Reinhardt, Gen. Georg-Hans
 Remizov, Gen. F. N.
 Ribbentrop, Joachim von
 Ribkovsky, N. M.
 Rimsky-Korsakov, Vsevolod
 Robin Moore (freighter)
 Rodimtsev, Gen. A. I., no
 Rodin, Maj. Gen. F. P.
 Rodionov, Col.
 Rodionov, M. I.
 Rogov, Col. A. S.
 Rogov, Ivan (the Terrible)
     invasion threat and
         propaganda on
 Rokossovsky, Marshal Konstantin
     code name for
     invasion threat and, i6w
     return from exile of, in