“It turns out that houses change color from the gases of the blast wave: this is how a person’s face changes from shock.” The diary entries of the Russian poetess and translator Vera Inber fully convey the tragedy of besieged Leningrad. The weak legs come from fear when a bomb explodes nearby. Laughter and tears are from happiness when 75 grams of bread were added. “Gnawed by hunger” - this is how the author describes the people in the ring of the blockade, people who fought with their last strength for their and our freedom. The publishing layout is saved in PDF A4 format.