The presented work shows the daily life of besieged Leningrad, the siege of which lasted 872 days. Letters, diaries and memoirs of Leningraders recreate a picture of the life of the city under the siege: evacuation, the efforts of the authorities and ordinary Leningraders in the fight against hunger and cold, the creation of the Road of Life on the ice of Lake Ladoga in the winter of 1941–1942, establishing connections with the “mainland” and the heroic attempts of the Red Army and militia to break the blockade, which ended with a powerful offensive and the defeat of German troops near Leningrad in January 1944. The presented materials reflect the subjective opinion of their authors, who occupied different social positions from ordinary citizens to factory managers and party workers. Despite the fact that in people's minds events can be distorted in the most incredible way, diaries and letters convey emotions, feelings, moods and the very spirit of the era, and only in them can one find a reliable description of everyday life. The book is intended for a wide range of readers. In PDF format A4 retained publishing layout.