Andrei Anatolievich Orlov

Siege of Leningrad: Diary of the Second World War by Alexandra Nikiforovna Borovikova

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© Andrei Anatolievich Orlov, 2025

The book is published by January 27, 2024 – the 80th anniversary of the complete lifting of the German-Nazi Siege of Leningrad.

This book is dedicated to the blessed memory of my grandmother. She lived and worked in Leningrad from 1941 to 1944, being in a besieged city, and who was awarded the honorary medal «For the Defense of Leningrad.»

The diaries have been carefully kept in the archives of our family for almost 80 years, and now the time has come to open them to the world.

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Table of contents

Siege of Leningrad: Diary of the Second World War

Great thanks for releasing this book

Preface

Chapter 1. June 1941

Volume one

22/VI/1941

28/VI/1941

Chapter 2. July 1941

3/VII/1941

4/VII/1941

25—26/VII/1941

27/VII/1941

28/VII/1941

29/VII/1941

30/VII/1941

Chapter 3. August 1941

1/VIII/1941

2/VIII/1941

3/VIII/1941

4/VIII/1941

5/VIII/1941

6/VIII/1941

7/VIII/1941

8/VIII/1941

9/VIII/1941

10/VIII/1941

11/VIII/1941

12/VIII/1941

13/VIII/1941

14/VIII/1941

15/VIII/1941

16/VIII/1941

17/VIII/1941

18/VIII/1941

19/VIII/1941

19/VIII/1941

20/VIII/1941

21/VIII/1941

22/VIII/1941

23/VIII/1941

24/VIII/1941

25/VIII/1941

26/VIII/1941

27/VIII/1941

28/VIII/1941

29/VIII/1941

30/VIII/1941

31/VIII/1941

Chapter 4. September 1941

1/IX/1941

2/IX/1941

3/IX/1941

4/IX/1941

5/IX/1941

6/IX/1941

7/IX/1941

8/IX/1941

9/IX/1941

10/IX/1941

11/ I X/1941

12/ I X/1941

13/IX/1941

14/IX/1941

15/IX/1941

16/IX/1941

17/IX/1941

18/IX/1941

19/IX/1941

20/IX/1941

21/IX/1941

22/IX/1941

23/IX/1941

24/IX/1941

25/IX/1941

26/IX/1941

27/IX/1941

28/IX/1941

29/IX/1941

30/IX/1941

Chapter 5. October 1941

1/X/1941

2/X/1941

3/X/1941

4/X/1941

5/X/1941

6/X/1941

7/X/1941

8/X/1941

9/X/1941

10/X/1941

11/X/1941

12/X/1941

13/X/1941

14/X/1941

15/X/1941

16/X/1941

17/X/1941

18/X/1941

19/X/1941

20/X/1941

21/X/1941

22/X/1941

23/X/1941

24/X/1941

25/X/1941

26/X/1941

27/X/1941

28/X/1941

29/X/1941

30/X/1941

31/X/1941

Chapter 6. November 1941

1/XI/1941

2/XI/1941

3/XI/1941

4/XI/1941

5/XI/1941

6/XI/1941

7/XI/1941

8/XI/1941

9/XI/1941

10/XI/1941

11/XI/1941

12/XI/1941

13/XI/1941

14/XI/1941

15/XI/1941

16/XI/1941

17/XI/1941

18/XI/1941

19/XI/1941

20/XI/1941

21/XI/1941

22/XI/1941

23/XI/1941

24/XI/1941

25/XI/1941

26/XI/1941

27/XI/1941

28/XI/1941

29/XI/1941

30/XI/1941

Chapter 7. December 1941

1/XII/1941

2/XII/1941

3/XII/1941

4/XII/1941

5/XII/1941

6/XII/1941

7/XII/1941

8/XII/1941

9/XII/1941

10/XII/1941

11/XII/1941

12/XII/1941

13/XII/1941

14/XII/1941

15/XII/1941

16/XII/1941

17/XII/1941

18/XII/1941

19/XII/1941

20/XII/1941

21/XII/1941

22/XII/1941

23/XII/1941

24/XII/1941

25/XII/1941

26/XII/1941

27/XII/1941

28/XII/1941

29/XII/1941

30/XII/1941

31/XII/1941

Chapter 8. January 1942

1/I/1942

2/I/1942

3/I/1942

4/I/1942

5/I/1942

6/I/1942

7/I/1942

8/I/1942

9/I/1942

10/I/1942

11/I/1942

12/I/1942

13/I/1942

14/I/1942

15/I/1942

16/I/1942

17/I/1942

18/I/1942

19/I/1942

20/I/1942

21/I/1942

22/I/1942

23/I/1942

24/I/1942

25/I/1942

26/I/1942

27/I/1942

28/I/1942

29/I/1942

30/I/1942

31/I/1942

Chapter 9. February 1942

1/II/1942

2/II/1942

3/II/1942

4/II/1942

5/II/1942

6/II/1942

7/II/1942

8/II/1942

9/II/1942

10/II/1942

11/II/1942

12/II/1942

13/II/1942

15/II/1942

16/II/1942

17/II/1942

18/II/1942

19/II/1942

20/II/1942

21/II/1942

22/II/1942

23/II/1942

24/II/1942

25/II/1942

26/II/1942

27/II/1942

28/II/1942

Chapter 10. March 1942

1/III/1942

2/III/1942

3/III/1942

4/III/1942

5/III/1942

6/III/1942

7/III/1942

8/III/1942

9/III/1942

10/III/1942

11/III/1942

12/III/1942

13/III/1942

14/III/1942

15/III/1942

16/III/1942

17/III/1942

18/III/1942

19/III/1942

19/III/1942

20/III/1942

21/III/1942

22/III/1942

23/III/1942

24/III/1942

25/III/1942

26/III/1942

27/III/1942

28/III/1942

29/III/1942

30/III/1942

31/III/1942

Chapter 11. April 1942

1/IV/1942

2/IV/1942

3/IV/1942

4/IV/1942

Volume two

5/IV/1942

6/IV/1942

7/IV/1942

8/IV/1942

9/IV/1942

10/IV/1942

11/IV/1942

12/IV/1942

13/IV/1942

14/IV/1942

15/IV/1942

16/IV/1942

17/IV/1942

18/IV/1942

19/IV/1942

20/IV/1942

21/IV/1942

22/IV/1942

23/IV/1942

24/IV/1942

25/IV/1942

26/IV/1942

27/IV/1942

28/IV/1942

29/IV/1942

30/IV/1942

Chapter 12. May 1942

1/V/1942

2/V/1942

3/V/1942

4/V/1942

5/V/1942

6/V/1942

7/V/1942

8/V/1942

9/V/1942

10/V/1942

11/V/1942

12/V/1942

13/V/1942

14/V/1942

15/V/1942

16/V/1942

17/V/1942

18/V/1942

19/V/1942

20/V/1942

21/V/1942

22/V/1942

23/V/1942

24/V/1942

25/V/1942

26/V/1942

27/V/1942

28/V/1942

29/V/1942

30/V/1942

31/V/1942

Chapter 13. June 1942

1/VI/1942

2/VI/1942

3/VI/1942

4/VI/1942

5/VI/1942

6/VI/1942

7/VI/1942

8/VI/1942

9/VI/1942

10/VI/1942

11/VI/1942

12/VI/1942

13/VI/1942

14/VI/1942

15/VI/1942

16/VI/1942

17/VI/1942

18/VI/1942

19/VI/1942

20/VI/1942

21/VI/1942

22/VI/1942

23/VI/1942

24/VI/1942

25/VI/1942

26/VI/1942

27/VI/1942

28/VI/1942

29/VI/1942

30/VI/1942

Chapter 14. July 1942

1/VII/1942

2/VII/1942

3/VII/1942

4/VII/1942

5/VII/1942

6/VII/1942

7/VII/1942

8/VII/1942

9/VII/1942

10/VII/1942

11/VII/1942

12/VII/1942

13/VII/1942

14/VII/1942

15/VII/1942

16/VII/1942

17/VII/1942

18/VII/1942

19/VII/1942

20/VII/1942

22/VII/1942

23/VII/1942

24/VII/1942

25/VII/1942

26/VII/1942

27/VII/1942

28/VII/1942

29/VII/1942

30/VII/1942

31/VII/1942

Chapter 15. August 1942

1/VIII/1942

2/VIII/1942

3/VIII/1942

4/VIII/1942

6/VIII/1942

7/VIII/1942

8/VIII/1942

9/VIII/1942

10/VIII/1942

11/VIII/1942

12/VIII/1942

13/VIII/1942

14/VIII/1942

15/VIII/1942

16/VIII/1942

17/VIII/1942

18/VIII/1942

19/VIII/1942

20/VIII/1942

21/VIII/1942

22/VIII/1942

23/VIII/1942

24/VIII/1942

25/VIII/1942

26/VIII/1942

27/VIII/1942

28/VIII/1942

29/VIII/1942

30/VIII/1942

31/VIII/1942

Chapter 16. September 1942

1/IX/1942

2/IX/1942

3/IX/1942

4/IX/1942

5/IX/1942

6/IX/1942

7/IX/1942

8/IX/1942

9/IX/1942

10/IX/1942

11/IX/1942

12/IX/1942

13/IX/1942

14/IX/1942

15/IX/1942

16/IX/1942

17/IX/1942

18/IX/1942

19/IX/1942

20/IX/1942

21/IX/1942

22/IX/1942

23/IX/1942

24/IX/1942

25/IX/1942

26/IX/1942

27/IX/1942

Volume three

28/IX/1942

29/IX/1942

30/IX/1942

Chapter 17. October 1942

1/X/1942

2/X/1942

3/X/1942

4/X/1942

5/X/1942

6/X/1942

7/X/1942

8/X/1942

9/X/1942

10/X/1942

11/X/1942

12/X/1942

13/X/1942

14/X/1942

15/X/1942 – 18/X/1942

19/X/1942

20/X/1942

21/X/1942 – 28/X/1942

29/X/1942

30/X/1942

Chapter 18. November 1942

1/XI/1942

4/XI/1942 – 5/XI/1942

13/XI/1942

16/XI/1942

17/XI/1942 – 19/XI/1942

20/XI/1942

22/XI/1942 – 25/XI/1942

26/XI/1942 – 30/XI/1942

Chapter 19. December 1942

1/XII/1942 – 4/XII/1942

5/XII/1942

6/XII/1942

12/XII/1942

16/XII/1942

23/XII/1942

24/XII/1942

25/XII/1942

26/XII/1942

27/XII/1942

28/XII/1942

29/XII/1942

30/XII/1942

31/XII/1942

Chapter 20. January 1943

1/I/1943

2/I/1943

3/I/1943

4/I/1943

5/I/1943

6/I/1943

7/I/1943

8/I/1943

9/I/1943

10/I/1943

11/I/1943

12/I/1943

12/I/1943

14/I/1943

15/I/1943

16/I/1943

17/I/1943

18/I/1943

19/I/1943

20/I/1943

21/I/1943

22/I/1943

23/I/1943

24/I/1943

25/I/1943

26/I/1943

27/I/1943

28/I/1943

29/I/1943

30/I/1943

31/I/1943

Chapter 21. February 1943

1/II/1943

2/II/1943

7/II/1943

Chapter 22. March 1943

14/III/1943

15/III/1943

16/III/1943 – 18/III/1943

19/III/1943

20/III/1943

21/III/1943

22/III/1943

23/III/1943

24/III/1943

25/III/1943

26/III/1943

27/III/1943

28/III/1943

29/III/1943

30/III/1943

31/III/1943

Chapter 23. April 1943

1/IV/1943

2/IV/1943

3/IV/1943

4/IV/1943

5/IV/1943

6/IV/1943

7/IV/1943

8/IV/1943

9/IV/1943

10/IV/1943

11/IV/1943

13/IV/1943

14/IV/1943

Chapter 24. May 1943

1/V/1943

2/V/1943

3/V/1943

4/V/1943

5/V/1943

6/V/1943

7/V/1943

8/V/1943

9/V/1943

10/V/1943

11/V/1943

12/V/1943

13/V/1943

14/V/1943

15/V/1943

16/V/1943

20/V/1943

Volume four

21/V/1943

22/V/1943

23/V/1943

24/V/1943

25/V/1943

26/V/1943

27/V/1943

28/V/1943

29/V/1943

30/V/1943

31/V/1943

Chapter 25. June 1943

1/VI/1943

2/VI/1943

3/VI/1943

4/VI/1943

5/VI/1943

6/VI/1943

7/VI/1943

8/VI/1943

9/VI/1943

10/VI/1943

11/VI/1943

12/VI/1943

13/VI/1943

14/VI/1943

15/VI/1943

16/VI/1943

17/VI/1943

18/VI/1943

19/VI/1943

20/VI/1943

21/VI/1943

22/VI/1943

23/VI/1943

24/VI/1943

25/VI/1943

26/VI/1943

27/VI/1943

28/VI/1943

29/VI/1943

30/VI/1943

Chapter 26. June 1943

1/VII/1943

2/VII/1943

3/VII/1943

4/VII/1943

5/VII/1943

6/VII/1943

7/VII/1943

8/VII/1943

9/VII/1943

13/VII/1943

14/VII/1943

15/VII/1943

16/VII/1943

17/VII/1943

18/VII/1943

19 /VII/1943

20/VII/1943

21/VII/1943

22/VII/1943

23/VII/1943

24/VII/1943

25/VII/1943

26/VII/1943

27/VII/1943

28/VII/1943

29/VII/1943

30 /VII/1943

31/VII/1943

Chapter 27. July 1943

1/VIII/1943

2/VIII/1943

3/VIII/1943

4 /VIII/1943

5/VIII/1943

6/VIII/1943

7/VIII/1943

8/VIII/1943

9/VIII/1943

10 /VIII/1943

11/VIII/1943

12 /VIII/1943

13/VIII/1943

14/VIII/1943

15/VIII/1943

16/VIII/1943

17/VIII/1943

18 /VIII/1943

19/VIII/1943

20/VIII/1943

21/VIII/1943

22/VIII/1943

23/VIII/1943

24 /VIII/1943

25/VIII/1943

26/VIII/1943

27/VIII/1943

28/VIII/1943

29/VIII/1943

30/VIII/1943

31/VIII/1943

Chapter 28. September 1943

15/IX/1943

16/IX/1943

17/IX/1943

18/IX/1943

19/IX/1943

20/IX/1943

21/IX/1943

22/IX/1943

23/IX/1943

24/IX/1943

25/IX/1943

26/IX/1943

27/IX/1943

28/IX/1943

29/IX/1943

30/IX/1943

Chapter 29. October 1943

1/X/1943

2/X/1943

3/X/1943

4/X/1943

5/X/1943

6 /X/1943

7/X/1943

9/X/1943

10/X/1943

11/X/1943

12/X/1943

13/X/1943

14/X/1943

15/X/1943

16/X/1943

17/X/1943

18/X/1943

19/X/1943

20/X/1943

21/X/1943

22/X/1943

23/X/1943

24/X/1943

25/X/1943

26/X/1943

28/X/1943

29/X/1943

30/X/1943

31/X/1943

Chapter 30. November 1943

1/XI/1943

3/XI/1943

4/XI/1943

6/XI/1943

7/XI/1943

8/XI/1943

9/XI/1943

10 /XI/1943

11/XI/1943

12/XI/1943 – 13/XI/1943

14/XI/1943

15/XI/1943

16/XI/1943 – 17/XI/1943

18/XI/1943

Volume five

19/XI/1943

21/XI/1943

22/XI/1943

23/XI/1943

24/XI/1943

25/XI/1943

26/XI/1943 – 27/XI/1943

28/XI/1943

29/XI/1943

30 /XI/1943

Chapter 31. December 1943

1/XII/1943

2/XII/1943

3/XII/1943

4/XII/1943 – 5/XII/1943 – 6/XII/1943

7/XII/1943 – 8/XII/1943 – 9/XII/1943

10/XII/1943

12/XII/1943

13/XII/1943

14/XII/1943

15/XII/1943

16/XII/1943

17/XII/1943

18/XII/1943

19/XII/1943

20/XII/1943

21 /XII/1943

22/XII/1943

23/XII/1943

24/XII/1943

25/XII/1943

26/XII/1943

27/XII/1943

28/XII/1943

29/XII/1943

30/XII/1943

31/XII/1943

Chapter 32. January 1944

1/I/1944

2/I/1944

3/I/1944

4/I/1944

5/I/1944

6/I/1944

7/I/1944

8/I/1944

9/I/1944

10/I/1944

11/I/1944

12/I/1944

13/I/1944

14/I/1944

15 /I/1944

16/I/1944

17 /I/1944

18/I/1944

19 /I/1944

20/I/1944

21/I/1944

22/I/1944

23/I/1944

24/I/1944

25/I/1944

26/I/1944

27/I/1944

28/I/1944

29/I/1944

30/I/1944

31/I/1944

Chapter 33. February 1944

1/II/1944

2/II/1944

3/II/1944

4/II/1944

5/II/1944

6/II/1944

7/II/1944

8 /II/1944

9/II/1944

10/II/1944

11/II/1944

12/II/1944

13/II/1944

14/II/1944

15/II/1944

16/II/1944

17/II/1944

18/II/1944

19/II/1944

20/II/1944

21/II/1944

22/II/1944

23/II/1944

24/II/1944

25/II/1944

Volume 6

26/II/1944

27/II/1944

28/II/1944

29/II/1944

Chapter 34. March 1944

1/III/1944

2/III/1944

4/III/1944

5/III/1944

6/III/1944

7/III/1944

8/III/1944

9/III/1944

10/III/1944

11/III/1944

12/III/1944

13/III/1944

14/III/1944

15 /III/1944

16 /III/1944

17/III/1944

18/III/1944

19/III/1944

20/III/1944

20/III/1944

22/III/1944

23/III/1944

24/III/1944

25/III/1944

26 /III/1944

27/III/1944

28 /III/1944

29/III/1944

30/III/1944

31/III/1944

Chapter 35. April 1944

1/IV/1944

2/IV/1944

3/IV/1944

4/IV/1944

5/IV/1944

6/IV/1944

7/IV/1944

8/IV/1944

9/IV/1944

10/IV/1944

11/IV/1944

12/IV/1944

13/IV/1944

14/IV/1944

15/IV/1944

16/IV/1944

17/IV/1944 – 18/IV/1944

19/IV/1944

20/IV/1944

21/IV/1944

22/IV/1944

23/IV/1944

24/IV/1944

25/IV/1944

26/IV/1944

27 /IV/1944

28/IV/1944

29/IV/1944

30/IV/1944

Chapter 36. May 1944

1/V/1944

2/V/1944

3/V/1944

4/V/1944

5/V/1944

6/V/1944

7/V/1944

11/V/1944

12/V/1944

16/V/1944

17/V/1944

18/V/1944

19/V/1944

22 /V/1944

2 3/V/1944

27/V/1944

28/V/1944

29/V/1944

30/V/1944

31/V/1944

Chapter 37. June 1944

1/VI/1944

3/VI/1944

4/VI/1944

5/VI/1944

6/VI/1944

7/VI/1944

8/VI/1944

9/VI/1944

10/VI/1944

11/VI/1944

12/VI/1944

13/VI/1944

14/VI/1944

15/VI/1944

16/VI/1944

17/VI/1944

21/VI/1944

22/VI/1944

23/VI/1944

24/VI/1944

25/VI/1944

28/VI/1944

29/VI/1944

30/VI/1944

Chapter 38. July 1944

4/VII/1944

6/VII/1944

8/VII/1944

9/VII/1944

16/VII/1944

18/VII/1944

19/VII/1944

23/VII/1944

24/VII/1944

26/VII/1944

27/VII/1944

28/VII/1944

Chapter 39. August 1944

1/VIII/1944

4/VIII/1944

6/VIII/1944

10/VIII/1944

11/VIII/1944

16/VIII/1944

27/VIII/1944

30/VIII/1944

31/VIII/1944

Chapter 40. September 1944

2/IX/1944

3 /IX/1944

4/IX/1944

5/IX/1944

6/IX/1944

7/IX/1944

8/IX/1944

9/IX/1944

10/IX/1944

16/IX/1944

17/IX/1944

18/IX/1944

20/IX/1944

22/IX/1944

24/IX/1944

27/IX/1944

Chapter 41. October 1944

25/X/1944

Afterword

Special thanks