4 real historical locations · Russia
A 2009 Russian-British film set during the 872-day Siege of Leningrad, following a British journalist trapped in the city as Soviet and German forces clash and civilians starve. Based on real accounts of the longest siege in modern warfare, in which over one million civilians died.
CinemaMapped has mapped 4 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Russia.
The 2009 Russian film follows a Soviet female soldier and a British journalist trapped inside besieged Leningrad — the city surrounded by German forces for 8...
The Siege of Leningrad lasted from 8 September 1941 to 27 January 1944 — 872 days. Approximately 800,000 civilians died of starvation, cold and bombardment, more than all British and American WWII deaths combined. The...
View location →The frozen lake supply route that kept Leningrad alive during the 900-day siege — trucks driving across the ice under German bombardment.
The Road of Life (Doroga Zhizni) operated across frozen Lake Ladoga from November 1941 to April 1942. Over 500,000 tons of supplies were hauled across the ice. In summer, barges ran the same route. Without it, Leningr...
View location →The hills south of Leningrad where Soviet forces held the German front line for 900 days — close enough to shell the city center.
The Pulkovo Heights formed the southern front line of the Leningrad siege. German artillery positions on the heights could hit any point in the city. The Leningrad Observatory continued astronomical observations throu...
View location →The fortress town at Lake Ladoga's outlet to the Neva River — captured by Germany in September 1941, completing the encirclement of Leningrad.
The fall of Schlüsselburg on September 8, 1941 closed the last land route into Leningrad. The 900-day siege had begun. Operation Iskra in January 1943 briefly retook the town, opening a narrow land corridor — but the ...
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