Chapter 3 St. Petersburg – Leningrad
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By a decree in January 1944, many of the old street names were restored, among them Nevsky, Liteiny, Sadovaya.
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Actually some of the greatest of Leningrad’s buildings were built by pure Russians like Voronikhin, who built the Kazan Cathedral, and Zakharov, who built the Admiralty. Russian art-lovers also emphasise that the great Rastrelli, builder of the Winter Palace, Peterhof Palace and Catherine Palace in Tsarskoye Selo, arrived in Russia as a child of eight.
Chapter 15 The Mayor of Leningrad Speaks
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When I saw Popkov again at the Smolny in February, 1944, he stated that the total casualties from shelling during the 29 months were about 20,000, including 5,000 killed.
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Since the whole course of the Neva is not clear of Germans, it seems that this timber was taken in barges across Lake Ladoga, and then by the railway running from Leningrad to the north-east as far as the lake.